Published on 12, July, 2020
In protest against the neglect and discrimination society shows me I'm growing a long beard.
My story is not an uncommon one in some respects. As a child I was emotionally abused by my father and I had nowhere else to go. Due to my Autism I was, of course, in a more difficult position than some would be. In the culmination to years of being controlled and emotionally terrorised, I was chased out of my parents' house by my dad who had a knife in his hand and was screaming at me.
Years later I live alone in a flat but cannot get a support worker, despite repeat requests to GPs. I've attempted to arrange for a support worker to work for me, in a self-employed basis, (for which I'd pay all the funds directly myself) through my own advertisements I've placed but can't find anyone that way either.
I can't cope doing things on my own and have told professionals this many times. I've been in 4 psychiatric wards, detained against my will. Now I'm 32, no friends in my local area, no prospects.
My beard is already longer than it's ever been after 2 weeks of unshaven growth. I'm not going to be trimming it so will let it grow out naturally and freely.
do not grow a beard. you will reinforce u your isolation in my opinion. sorry to disagree with you :{
Whatever I do people reject me and bully me. Including the people who are supposed to protect people from bullies. So I don't really see how it matters.
Yea nobody here will reject you, with or without facial hair, keep coming back..
Hope your family situation improves.
I've never read a Pullman though I easily might have. As a child I had a psychologist who would recommend me books to read and lend me them. He mentioned he had read The Dark Materials trilogy, though never asked me to read it.
Good luck with getting things to smooth out at work.
Lol, to be honest, Im having a few probs at work at the mo and so my books have taken a bit of a back seat, really I should prioritse some reading time as it is a really good way to escape my anxiety.
I like all sorts of books though depending on my head space I tend to read a lot of young adult books when I'm stressed, I like the Philip Pullman 'La Belle Sauvage series, The book of dust is probably the best known and the first in the series, Its fantasy fiction, good old escapism