I am 47, I love interacting with the people who I meet.
I trained as a psychodynamic counsellor.
I love to write non-fiction about my life's experiences in the hope I might inspire some one else to move on or get help after abuse and not let it sour their life forever. I would like to publish a self help book one day.
My passion is ...
People
I know too much about ...
Pain
My parents always told me ...
Do as you are told
My childhood ambition ...
To Escape
My favorite memory ...
Meeting my best friend for the first time.
Why I write ...
To help myself and others
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
Micheal Jacobs. Still Small Voive. (Again)
My first job ...
Working for School meals as an apprentice cook.
My best moment ...
Meeting my best friend Femi who is so supportive and encouraging.
My inspiration ...
Femi, who is always there for me, ecouraging me to write.
When you have had a really traumatic experience it is best if you can find someway to release it, whether you find your voice and talk about it or you write about it or maybe even paint it. Sharing it with someone else or using which ever method you chose is so beneficial, and will help you to feel better. I kept quiet for so many years, I bottled it up and tried to bury it, I thought if I pushed it far enough away into the back of my head I could cope. I was so wrong! As part of my counselling training I had to get my own therapy maybe on an unconscious level that was part of the reason I...
More..Paula A
Member since: January 2007
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