Timed perfectly(?), an encounter with some graduates + a younger BBC student occurred on a train TWG-CEN: (eMail contents to BBC, OCA & QR)
/ / / Belatedly & with âitâs a generational thingâ regret as both an Old Boy, OCA-Bursary recipient & past BBC Teacherâs Aide
#duckduckgo, retrieved 2022
volunteer, the following results from a QR TWG-CEN ~3:43pm: – QR/TransLink Concession Card Recepients (4/5 seniors, 1 green)- uniformed BBC Students ârepresent the school & should give the greatest (public) impressionâ (QR, BBC & OCA)- similar BBC Admin messages have been successfully enacted, yet âyounger learn from olderâ isnât practiced- passionate language was triggered, resulting from overall âuntouchable/innocentâ response(?) (predominately seniors)- immediate conversation with QR staff reinforced these âstudents from private schoolsâ conundrum.
Now would be a good time for BBC to seperate itself, from the herd-mentality. Otherwise, expecting ongoing feedback re: these matters.
Many survivors experience similar impacts from the abuse. These can include anxiety, depression, suicidality, feelings of worthlessness, shame, anger and self-blame as well as struggles with trust, intimacy and other relationship problems, identity issues and addictions and clashes with authorities. Male survivors also face some unique impacts. Some of these arise from the expectations about men in our society.
We believe that your survival is testament to your resilience
We provide connections with others who have walked a similar path and focus on the way forward to recovery and growth.
SAMSNâs Eight-week Support Groups, led by male facilitators with professional training, have a trauma informed approach that prioritises your safety and focuses on recovery and healing.
SAMSNâs Monthly Meetings provide a forum for connections and conversations about recovery, and opportunities for learning from each other.
We recognise the additional issues for more marginalised groups of men
Men who are not from the dominant white, male culture face additional challenges of stereotyping in relation to their identity as men. This includes Aboriginal men, those from culturally diverse backgrounds, prisoners, men from rural and remote areas, men in the military, men with disabilities, men from the LGBTQI communities and older men. These men experience additional layers of discrimination, shame, isolation and have often have less access to support.
We are building a network of survivors who are finding their pathways to recovery & healing
Despite the impacts of the abuse and the additional societal challenges, boys and men find ways to survive and manage these many challenges. You are a survivor.
Some of the things we know can build a strong and healthy sense of self are:
Knowledge â getting some facts and information about abuse, about emotions, about impacts and services available
Safety â within yourself, safe in your key relationships, and a safe place
Self-acceptance â realization that the abuse doesnât define you, and accepting that others believe that too
Commonality â that you can find others who understand, knowing you are not alone
Control â you can make decisions, choices, and that things can change
Hope â for justice, a desire for change, finding a way to turn this into something that gives back
NOTES As pieces from SAMSN have been related to parts of my NRS – Apologies coping issues, I felt that some generalised parts of their site + Spoken Podcasts + hearing from more, in our growing community. Unsure how each of us will deal with âRecovery + Healingâ, each of us has different ways that we live. Even the final paragraph introduces some of the atypical parts of society, which are gradually growing larger/âmore acceptedâ. Stereotypes may have a new definition in 100 yrs; yet right now Aboriginal Indigenous, culturally diverse, disabled, LGBTQI & aged sectors are targeted. Alike child sexual abuse, this should stop – alongside sexism + so many of the other âismâs.
⢠The word âtraumaâ describes events and experiences which are so stressful that they are overwhelming. ⢠The word âtraumaâ also describes the impacts of the experience/s. The impacts depend on a number of factors. ⢠People can experience trauma at any age. Many people experience trauma across different ages. ⢠Trauma can happen once, or it can be repeated. Experiences of trauma are common and can have many sources. ⢠Trauma can affect us at the time it occurs as well as later. If we donât receive the right support, trauma can affect us right through our life. ⢠We all know someone who has experienced trauma. It can be a friend, a family member, a colleague, or a client⌠or it can be us. ⢠It can be hard to recognise that a person has experienced trauma and that it is still affecting them. ⢠Trauma is often experienced as emotional and physical harm. It can cause fear, hopelessness and helplessness. ⢠Trauma interrupts the connections (âintegrationâ) between different aspects of the way we function. ⢠Trauma can stop our body systems from working together. This can affect our mental and physical health and wellbeing.
⢠While people who experience trauma often have similar reactions, each person and their experience is unique. ⢠Trauma can affect whole communities. It can also occur between and across generations, e.g. the trauma of our First Nations people. ⢠For our First Nations people, colonisation and policies such as the forced removal of children shattered important bonds between families and kin and damaged peopleâs connection to land and place. ⢠Many different groups of people experience high levels of trauma. This includes refugees and asylum seekers, as well as women and children. This is not to deny that many men and boys also experienced trauma. ⢠Certain life situations and difference can make trauma more common. People with disability of all ages experience and witness trauma more often than people without disability. LGBTQI people also experience high levels of trauma which is often due to discrimination.
