Good question, I've found I can be rather strong in my views, and I've found because of therapy, that I am not just a trouble maker, I have real feelings about things, particularly where the wellbeing of children is concerned and when at work I hear remarks made that I find upsetting or disturbing, I am not afraid to say so, which at times in a works canteen can go down let a led balloon, but I refuse to follow the crowd and just nod my head in agreement at things that are unacceptable, therapy has shown me that I do count, that I do have feelings and that I have as much right to stand up for what I belive as anyone else and that though growing up I was told I was bad and evil, I am not those things and my speaking up has threatened this kind of person, there are a lot of people out there in the general population that consider themselves "well" who are infact more distured then those of us that have had to drag ourselfs back up from this. I just hope that perhaps if one person has their comfortable ignorance challenged by me, that may make a difference to 1 child. I'd always considered my "speaking up" to be a weakness, but now i embrace this part of me, and not many real conversations, debates go on at work.