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My name is Maxine Roberts I am 44 years old. I have always had a passion to write, I also live for music, sometimes I try and sing and play guitar.

I like writing short stories and poetry.
And I like reading and grrreat food...and a spot of brandy! it helps me concentrate.

My passion is ...

Writing and Music

I know too much about ...

Mental Illness

My parents always told me ...

"Dont have it unless you can afford it"

My childhood ambition ...

Was to swim the English channel

My favorite memory ...

Jumping out of my cot and landing on my mum!

Why I write ...

To express myself

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Street kid. Sacred Eygpt

My first job ...

In a sewing factory

My best moment ...

When I bought my first horse

My inspiration ...

My yoga teacher

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Mental illness and the effects on a family

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My brother suffers with a mental illness and I am informed now that he has done since a young child. Well yes that would explain why, as his younger sister I got physically and mentally abused by him. His behavior was always unpredictable, he did the strangest things and was on times violent towards my mum and dad especially mum who always showed unconditional love for him no matter what he did. In 1989 he assaulted a member of the public, a complete stranger in-fact, this man wore leg irons, disabled he fractured his jaw, the poor man needed plastic surgery. My brother was sentenced to 15...

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