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From Survival to Voice: The Journey Behind NAAvoices
If you met me at work, you’d see a primary care nurse getting on with the job. You’d see the clinic lists, the assessments, the routine pressures of general practice. You might notice that I take safeguarding seriously, that I ask different questions, that I pay attention when something “doesn’t quite fit”. What you probably
Day 1 — A Personal Account of Police Corruption, Institutional Betrayal, and What Happens When One Officer Dares to Do the Right Thing
Two years after fleeing domestic abuse with three children and one plastic bag, this first-hand account documents what happened when repeated disclosures of child abuse, coercive control, and serious safeguarding risks were met with silence, dismissal, and institutional failure — until one officer chose to do his job properly. Part One of a two-part testimony…
The Friday Everything Broke
After my coercive control case was dropped and police corruption became undeniable, I collapsed at work. This is what despair after re-traumatisation really looks like — and why it is never a sign of weakness.
Coercive Control and Family Court Lived Experience: What Happened When Evidence Isn’t Enough (Part 6 of 8)
This is my sixth family court appearance. I walked into that building believing I might not walk out again. What unfolded that day showed me how coercive control doesn’t end at separation, it adapts, using the courtroom itself as a weapon.
Learning to recognise and manage triggers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from coercive control
A raw, unedited account of surviving coercive control, PTSD triggers, and systemic failures, shared two years on with updated pronouns and branding. A survivor‑led reflection on parenting through trauma, recognising nervous system responses, and navigating the ongoing impact of abuse within the family court system.
