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"I sat there silently hoping he would not direct his rage on me. His booming voice grew louder and louder whilst I attempted without success to block the sounds out of my head. My body started trembling and the rage inside of me came gushing out like a burst water pipe, I snapped"

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"The room suddenly seemed to have grown in size swallowing me up and I felt so small sitting in that chair, I was vulnerable and ashamed of this weakness in me. I didn`t recognise the person in the chair, it can`t be me, I am an aggressive and angry person, not weak.  I kept thinking pull yourself together and show how tough you really are, but the little boy in me wasn`t prepared to let go just yet"