Victoria Leatham

Presents the story of a young woman who struggles with cutting, one of society's most enigmatic and misunderstood disorders, revealing her most intimate thoughts and a range of other psychological problems.

A Memoir of Secrets, Self-harm & Survival

Bloodletting

Richard J. Hand

Eric Robinson

Seamus Heaney

Ronald Blythe

Richard Mabey

Edward Strickland

Simon Rae

Mark Storey

John Wain

Alan Brownjohn

John Barrell

Trevor Hold

Edward Storey

Gavin Ewart

Sean Street

Lotte Kramer

Greg Crossan

George Dixon

Tom Bates

Bob Heyes

E.P. Thompson

William Westwood

Brian Blade

Andrew Motion 

Roger Frith

R.S. Thomas

The official Journal of the John Clare Society, published annually to reflect the interest in, and approaches to, the life and work of the poet John Clare.

John Clare Society Journal, 12 (1993)

Bloodletting/ - , letting/ n. 1. Phlebotomy, the act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery. 2. Outmoded medical practice used as a cure for illnesses ranging from fevers to hysteria. Bloodletting is a frank, compelling and at times darkly humorous memoir boldly challenging the silence surrounding one of mental health's last taboos. A close relative of bulimia and anorexia, it is estimated that up to 1 per cent of the population has intentionally harmed itself - yet for the most part it is a behaviour that goes unspoken, dismissed as the attention-seeking actions of prison in-mates or delinquent teenagers. If you had run into Victoria on the street during her darkest days you would never have known the torment she endured. Confident, polite and articulate she could have been your sister, your workmate, your friend, your lover. Yet from her late teens and throughout her twenties Victoria Leatham struggled with the overwhelming desire to hurt herself, a desire that was all-consuming and shaped every aspect of her life. And while not everyone who feels stressed, insecure or depressed will physically turn upon themselves, anyone who has ever felt out of control will recognise the logic that drove her. Today Victoria is a happy, successful 30-something professional who only occasionally glances sideways at the bathroom cabinet.

A memoir of secrets, self-harm and survival

Victoria Leatham

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