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Doctor Who Saved My Life @askasurvivor.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"It's not up to a child to prevent their own abuse." Read it again. And again. And again. The culture that allows abuse needs changing.

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Great day yesterday filming for Ton Mazzone’s documentary #Traumality

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Just read yet another AI written post, and then I went down a rabbit hole of reading AI generated replies and AI generated replies to the AI replies. Robots talking to each other. I’m not just 🤯… I’m 🤯🤯. And yes, that is a half-hearted attempt at an AI joke. I miss people’s voices.

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Barbiewithatude @barbiewithatude.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Also, telling a survivor that they have to forgive their abuser? Fuck right off into the sun with yourself:

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Michael Broussard @michaelbroussard.myatproto.social · 15/04/2026

Exactly. Especially these "no healing without forgiveness" people. I have never forgiven my abusers. I have worked hard to heal and helped some fellow survivors to do the same, simply by listening and honoring their feelings.

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Blog about shame, from the perspective of a CSA survivor “By all means, tell me it’s an option not to carry that shame. That, I might need to hear. But don’t tell me I ‘shouldn’t’ or ‘mustn’t’ feel it, as that would be a bit, well…shaming.” www.theflyingchild.com/post/don-t-s...

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Don’t Shame the Shame

Child sexual abuse is wings plucked from a butterfly. It is being watched as you crawl in the dirt by the ones who kicked you there. The impacts are lifelong, but a better response to victims and surv...

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Dr Claire Cunnington @drcisme.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

New resources for adult survivors The CSA Centre has created this page with resources for adult survivors of CSA. It looks great!

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New resources for adult survivors

The CSA Centre has created this page with resources for adult survivors of CSA. It looks great!

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Dr Claire Cunnington @drcisme.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Flying Child are a cause very close to my heart. They deliver a CSA survivor and practitioner training programme to education, social care and healthcare. It's a survivor led organisation and they are struggling for funding. Do help if you can. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

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Help raise £500 to donate to The Flying Child – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to donate to The Flying Child . Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Thank you @patriciamwennell.bsky.social and @jomo14729.bsky.social for taking the time to read my manuscript. This feedback has made my heart sing ♥️ #SecondBook #middlegrade

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It’s like every word I never said is tumbling out of me. Today.

Word count 7608 words
41955 characters
34471 characters excluding spaces

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Forgot my password for ages. Just found it again. #Perimenopause is no joke. Hello.

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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Overview and 1st findings on how general audiences engage with fiction which depicts CSA' To register and receive the link for the webinar, please email ainsvr2023@gmail.com @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social

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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

CSAReps Project is delighted to annouce we will present at the SCSMI conference in June in Amsterdam @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @sophiefranklin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social www.scsmi-online.org/conference

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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The workshop includes flash-talk presentations followed by Q&A sessions, with a roundtable discussion on the connections between violence, health, and the (health) @sophiefranklin.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social

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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

CSAReps is also delighted to announce we will present at The Conference of the International Society for the Study of Narrative conferences.au.dk/narrative2026 @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @sophiefranklin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Next writing group for adult survivors of child sexual abuse starting in February! Date: 2nd Feb Day: Mondays Time: 12.30-2pm 6 week, online course. FREE! Please get in touch! Groups@theflyingchild.com @TNLComFund

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I just absentmindedly asked a colleague if they could ‘check for spelloes’ instead of typos or spellcheck. I think it’s my new favourite word.

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MacTraff @mactraff.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A lovely letter to All Survivors....Wishing You much peace, support, and self-care this Christmas. 🌟😍🌟

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Thank you to the survivor community for your support this year. Please take a moment to read our ‘Year in Review.’ We couldn’t do this work without this support. Thank you 🌸 theflyingchild.com/so/f2Pit776t?l…

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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Thank you Bear for this piece. I know it's difficult, but raising the facts about child sexual abuse within the family still appears taboo. @theflyingchild.bsky.social is worth following for insight into a whole swathe of violence against girls (in particular) .

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

“This is not a blog to debate whether or not survivors of #CSA within the family should cut off contact with their families. It’s a post to acknowledge that neither decision is easy. Both come with challenges - mainly a huge amount of sadness or grief” www.theflyingchild.com/post/dear-su... #csa

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Dear Survivor at Christmas: A Survivor's Take on Surviving Christmas

This is not a blog to debate whether or not survivors of CSA within the family should or shouldn't cut off all contact with their families. It’s a post to acknowledge that neither decision is an easy ...

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Shelley Trower @shelleytrower.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

glad to be a speaker for this panel event about #boundaries - a topic I have LOTS of thoughts & feelings about! with @theflyingchild.bsky.social & Survivors' Voices www.theflyingchild.com/event-details/boundaries-or-barbed-wire-a-dangerous-tool #counselling #therapy #retraumatisation

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Boundaries or Barbed Wire - a dangerous tool? | The Flying Child

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I’m currently writing workshops for #midwives and #healthvisitors. The aim is to increase understanding of how CSA can shape pregnancy and early parenting experiences, supporting greater awareness and empathetic practice. They will take place in Jan as part of a wider programme #survivorparenting

There were the long afternoon naps - one small, sticky boy hand clamped firmly on my ear. Fingers probing and tickling with an ownership so resolute that at times I wanted to snatch myself back. But I
never did.
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Because I knew this was how it should be:
Touch. Reassurance.
Mother and child. Safe.
It was a touch I learnt to accept as it evolved from the trenches, and the shocking, upside down-ness of life after my first birth, when time lost its meaning, and my world shrunk to now.
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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Today it was our Beyond Labels workshop. Dr Lucy Johnstone & I worked with attendees to reframe the narrative - looking at an alternative approach to medicalising trauma. Everyone was very engaged, and discussion was valuable. #SideBySideCSA #16daysofactivism #csa @recovery-histories.bsky.social

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

#16DaysOfActivism Support for survivors of CSA isn’t solely about 50 minutes in therapy rooms, support groups and guilty verdicts. Therapy and groups end. Court cases re-traumatise. Regardless of verdict, the trauma still exists. 1/

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The 2025 theme of #16DaysOfActivism against gender-based violence is online abuse. 1 in 3 women experience gender-based violence in their lifetime. 16-58 % of women and girls face digital violence. There is #NOexcuse for online abuse. There is NO excuse for ANY abuse.

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

In the context of #16DaysofActivism, the colour orange represents a future free from violence against women and girls. This year the campaign theme is #NoExcuse for online abuse. Violence shows up in many forms. I wrote a poem because of posts on LinkedIn that felt hypocritical. Orange Is Not 🍊

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silencing impact on study and gaps in CVs and futures in silos. Not let victims speak but only as tick box and stay in her lane or do they mean cages. Orange is not just 16 days. Or cycles of bone-crushing weight of lives not spent living or earning or heating but running from fist in her face or in dreaming. It’s one and the same when staring at empty. Orange is not experts who speak for the voiceless. Hers too fragile they say for their spaces. Not greed-centred salary. Casual misogyny. Or placing the bridle of doubt and pathology. Because they know best and she’s a scolder (they meant to say fighter) but that one’s disordered and this post’s out of order. Don’t you think? She says survivor. I say man hater

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Clare Lavery @clerotto.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We won't run We're here to stay Howling ghosts they reappear Mountains that are stacked with fear But we have Lion hearts Though far away We are still the same Survivors are Lion Hearts ❤️❤️🦁 Be Lion-hearted With Love @theflyingchild.bsky.social King & Lionhearts youtu.be/A76a_LNIYwE?... Image

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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

We are delighted to welcome our newest board member. John (Baker)Gregor. John has been a professional actor for over thirty years,working in theatre, television, short film @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

My two youngest have started watching @bbceastenders.bsky.social - and while the storylines can be intense, they open up important conversations that are harder to start. 🧵

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Two keynotes. Two cities. Countless conversations about #CSA with MH & SW practitioners. I met with many who want to make a difference. Today I’m speaking at AD4E Festival. On Sunday Patricia Walsh (#TheFlyingChildStory) & I meet with UK Counselling Network Tired but grateful to be in these spaces 🌸

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I couldn’t speak these words when I was nine. Now I can. I share as a reminder that the problem is not the survivor but a world that turned the other way. Latest blog about surviving childhood r*** and the aftermath. (A metaphorical take) #CSA www.theflyingchild.com/post/i-died-...

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I Died When I Was Nine

Blog on The Flying Child about surviving rape and its aftermath. By Sophie Olson - author of The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairy Tale for Adults

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I’m sure most people would prefer to not work on a Sunday, so I’m really impressed that so many therapists from Child in Time turned up to a talk about my experience of surviving CSA and the impacts on my adult life. 1/

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The final words in #TheFlyingChildStory are ‘Not The End’. I continue to write in the same style to put words to emotion hard to express. Overwhelm isn’t always negative. Sometimes it’s the result of being in the presence of those with the warmest of hearts ♥️ www.theflyingchild.com/post/the-lit...

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The Little Princess and The Meeting 🌸

What began months ago with a passionate conversation after an event with a fellow panelist, grew into a kitchen-table meetup in Rochdale. This week we convened in Bloomsbury with practitioner allies. ...

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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

CSAReps Project team members Victoria Pohls & Aleksandra Milenovic presenting at Everyday Reading of Literature (EROL) Symposium in the University of Zagreb last week@ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social

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Clare Lavery @clerotto.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Tales from the Woods Tales of all cultures contain child protection messages. These stories have impact on children because they offer a "Language" to explain the experience of Living with a Predator #LanguageMatters #WordsMakeWorlds Follow @theflyingchild.bsky.social youtu.be/kFfhBX7ET-4?...

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Some lovely feedback shared on LinkedIn by Sally Benson, Director of U.K. Counselling Network, following my talk to counsellors. ♥️🌸 #CSA #Survivor #counselling #therapy

Some of the comments following the session:

“Incredible session, very moving. Like someone said in the session, I don’t think I’ll ever forget it”

“It was absolutely inspiring and informative. Thought-provoking”

“Very powerful and helpful, thank you”

“What a powerful presentation— Sophie’s courage and passion was impressive to witness.”

“I have clients who are survivors of CSA and Sophie’s call to offer more than compassion sits so well — systemic silencing feeds CSA and needs a collective response — thanks to Sophie for reminding us that.”

Thank you Sophie and we will look forward to working with you again in the near future. Sally Benson - Director

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Some lovely feedback shared on LinkedIn by Sally Benson, Director of U.K. Counselling Network, following my talk to counsellors. ♥️🌸 #CSA #Survivor #counselling #therapy

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Last night I presented to U.K. Counselling Network. The aim of my talk was to explore systemic challenges in responding to victims and survivors of CSA - from my perspective as a survivor not adequately supported by the mental health system, to live alongside trauma. 1/

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This word count feels like an important milestone. Thank you to those who have offered to read and feedback on my first draft. Few more chapters to write, but there is a clear direction now and I’m loving the process. Writing is the Best. Thing. Ever. #secondbook

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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Finally remembered my password to log back in to @bsky.app

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Clare Lavery @clerotto.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A very moving read. Perfectly captures the Child trying to disclose the worst of horrors inflicted on their soul Listen to the Child's Voice To be read by every professional who comes into contact with child survivors of #CSA Children should be seen as #DomesticAbuse victims in their own right

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