Trish has emailed me about my Victim Impact Statement - basically, it's something I had to write about how the abuse has affected the life of me and my family, and it's read out by my barrister at the sentencing hearing.  All I need to do is reply to say I'm happy for it to be read out, but I'm stalling.  It's scary because I've hidden behind this "I'm ok" mask for so long, but in this statement I tell them what it's really been like for the last 20 or so years, and that's a really vulnerable feeling.

Sleep is still an issue most nights - I'm going to bed late, and having disturbed sleep and nightmares due to things playing on my mind, and then it's waking me up early too.  I'm exhausted, and the weekend's over already.  I just want to curl up under a blanket with a cup of tea for a few days!  Like hibernate or something!