Recovery

The thing with recovery is that it doesn't always got he way you want it to. This is one of the hardest thing to accept, it isn't as easy as saying if I do this then that the result will be recovery. Unlike something like a sprained ankle, which if I rest and put ice on, will soon recover, the brain is far more complicated. I could do the same thing twice with identical conditions but I will react differently each time.

When children are growing up we try to teach them 'sticks and stones will break my bones, but words can never harm me'. But this is a load of nonsense. I was severely bullied in school for several years, it took the form of mental bully, if it had been physical bullying I could of dealt with it, but mental bullying I was not able to cope with.

All too often when we talk about child abuse we think of sexual or physical abuse, but emotional abuse can be just as damaging, and have just as great an impact upon the child. It is important that we realise the strength of language and the ability words do have to hurt and injury.

'Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can tear your heart out.'