Author name: mcadmin

All the trees notice that there was something different about her, she tried to hide and mix in but the rebel red in her veins made her cry out aloud. Burning with a shade of her leaves, different, but nothing that they have ever seen. They all wait to see what the ticking clock and […]

Being from the Traveller community and a catholic background, leaving a marriage meant losing your community and their respect and leaving everything you’ve known behind. It would have been easier to take your own life than leave your husband and bring shame on your name and your family. You suffer in silence because of the

I wrote this poem in relation to The Freedom Programme. It’s fairly short but I hope it speaks volumes about how enlightening the course was and how supported I felt in the group. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t joined the course when I did.   Growing from within You sowed

Fight or flight: the ongoing trauma of domestic abuse I lived in an abusive relationship, which was characterised by coercive control and all types of abuse. I was isolated and depressed, trying desperately to maintain an outward veneer of respectability. The abuse I suffered exacerbated my mental health. I had frequent episodes of depression. I

My poems are a way of expressing the deep trauma that I suffered for 20 years due to domestic abuse. This has had a huge impact on my mental and physical health. I found there was not and to this day there still is not enough support for us who have suffered at the hands

The drawing is about me. It is when I hit my lowest point while I was in the abusive relationship. I thought about ending my life because I thought there was no other way out, no other alternative. The drawing is a raw reality of what life was like for me.

My poems are a way of expressing the deep trauma that I suffered for 20 years due to domestic abuse. This has had a huge impact on my mental and physical health. I found there was not and to this day there still is not enough support for us who have suffered at the hands

The drawing is about the shame that I carried because I was a victim of domestic abuse. I felt shame because I was powerless to do anything about what was happening to me because I lived in fear of my perpetrator. At the time I did this drawing, I purposely covered my face because I

This was written when I was recovering from being sexually assaulted by a taxi Driver, who I thought was someone I could trust. At the time I was in a relationship. Whilst I was having Counselling support, I became aware that the guy I in a relationship with was not treating me right. He also

A new outlook: shining a light on the impact of gender-based violence on the mental health of disabled women By survivor and campaigner, Saliha Rashid Disabled women are nearly three times more likely to experience domestic abuse (including honour-based abuse), in comparison to non-disabled women, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. Shockingly,