New Year’s Eve is a difficult time for me. I have PTSD, which is related to an old relationship and NYE. Each passing year, I think it will be easier. But each year it serves simply as a trapdoor through time and the evening passes in a haze of flashbacks, panic attacks, breathing exercises and…
Tag: domestic abuse
This year, I’m running for…
It’s been an important week. Back in 2012, the UK signed the Istanbul Convention, on preventing violence against women and girls, and tackling domestic violence. But we have never ratified it. On Thursday, a bill ratifying it received a second reading in the House of Commons and an almost unanimous vote (all bar two) passed…