Blood-Covered Victim Called 911, Taken Away in Handcuffs: How a Gentle Therapist Became a Convicted Felon After Being Attacked

On October 1, 2004, I called 911 after being violently attacked in my own home. Despite my bleeding wounds and witnesses who saw my attacker leave unharmed, I was arrested while she went free. The truth about who I was—a compassionate healer dedicated to helping others—was erased overnight, replaced by a false label of "violent offender." This wasn't my choice. It was forced upon me. Now, I'm reclaiming my truth and identity.

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Revisions for Chapter 4: Lost & Haunted: Poems of Trauma, Loss and Dissociation

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Books by Bruce Whealton

Title: Tell Me I Am Not Invisible: A Story of Social Anxiety, Attachment, and Complex-PTSD
Title: A Diary with an AI on Mental Health Matters
Title: Puncture Wounds II - More Nightmares
Title: Memoirs of A Healer/Clinical Social Worker: Autobiography of Bruce Whealton
Title: Three Times A Victim: Living Under the Shadow of Toxic Shame
Title: What Really Matters: Poems about Love, Loss & Trauma
Title: Poems from the Invisible People
Title: Echoes of the Psyche
Title: The Labyrinth of the Mind