Overcoming Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, to find love and acceptance. Chronicling my journey from a childhood marked by abuse, neglect and violence, to an adulthood freed by healing, transformation and artistic expression.
The fire signified the end of my freedom. I lost more than possessions in those flames. I lost my life’s original direction and my beloved media studies.
A new start for a boy damaged by childhood traumas and Section 28, now in a town where it was not only accepted to be gay but embraced, encouraged and allowed.