Hello. I'm the founder of findingme.uk and I'm keeping my anonymity to help safeguard other victims of the person who abused me during my childhood.

As a child, I was abused over a prolonged period of years. I automatically coped with the substantial trauma by closing off all of my childhood memories, this was never a conscious decision. Four years ago, I had a breakdown which was triggered by excessive work pressures. The breakdown quickly led to the collapse of my coping mechanism and feelings from my traumatic childhood rapidly overwhelmed me. I was suicidal and started on medication for both anxiety and depression.

Demand for counselling services for those who have been sexually abused during childhood is, sadly, insufficient for the demand. I say sadly, because it reflects not on the services, but rather on the terrible prevalence of child abuse in this country. My complex PTSD counselling commenced just over two years ago and lasted for one year; it ended prematurely, because I had already benefited from substantially more sessions than is normally allowed.

Everyone who experiences abuse during childhood has their own unique experiences and the abuse can affect people in vastly different ways. Many people go on to live their lives with little or no impact from the abuse. Others are so greatly affected by the abuse that they live a traumatised adulthood or, sadly, go on to end their life.

I wish to share my story, the abuse I suffered, the life I've lived since, and the journey over these past four years, of self-exploration, re-connecting with Child Me, the road of self-repair, my battle for justice and, through this website, my wish to end child abuse.

I very much welcome you to follow mystory.

findingme.uk