Because You're A Woman

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I have received another letter from a lady who is struggling with the long term effects of sexual abuse - she has given me permission to use her words:

“At times I just want the pain and hurt to stop and to be able to find safe channels for all the anger; to be able to find a time of peace and calm in my life away from all the depression and anxiety. ”

She felt compelled to write to me after reading ‘Because you’re a Woman’.

“I bought it last week, and once I picked it up I couldn’t put it down”

I wrote ‘Because you’re a Woman’ because I believed that it would encourage and inspire other women.  There are so many who need this encouragement to speak out. There are so many who are suffering as she is. There are so many who could benefit from reading how I was able to learn to release the anger and pain. And we all need to understand what the devastating long term effects are to be able to empathize and support.

1 in 5 women in the UK have experienced sexual abuse.  That is millions of women living in the UK coping with the long term effects – which range through depression, inexplicable anger, anxiety, eating disorders, flashbacks, substance abuse and suicide.

If you haven’t yet read the book please do -  and then encourage others to.  Don’t be afraid of the subject matter. It’s not written to shock and is handled in a way that eases reading about it.