Welcome to Pillars of Support

I am me, my past tugging, ugly, assuring my gaze. My future splintered, haphazard, lifeless. Trying to stretch out in front of me, but...

It’s scary how much happens in one split second. It’s scary, Stood in a park, blue sky, sun peering through the clouds expanding out into...

Have you ever been on a train where everyone on the carriage feels like they are out to get you? As if they are all staring and frowning...

TW: Rape, Sexual Assault and description of violence. Part 1 - Making sense of Fear It’s been over a year since that night. Since I...

The storm of ‘acceptance’ continues to whirl and swarm around me. I’m stood in the middle of the heavily weighted word. Its contents...

Whenever I try to write something about what flashbacks can feel like it never feels that coherent. But I think that’s what I like best...

This is an intro into what I imagine to become a series of things I write about the topic of "Acceptance" - may be quite controversial -...

Sometimes I can’t think of anything but the memories. The memories and the thoughts that come with it. "You’re not worthy" "You’re...

In the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault or rape I think it’s firstly difficult to understand what has happened. But I then found...

I found this on my phone notes. A quickly jotted down pile of words. An attempt to channel the battle between longing for it all to go,...

Following a personal experience of sexual assault and rape, I found myself frantically searching for something to read and connect to. I...