MSSAT NZ

Notes on Chapter 10

Chapter 10: How a Female got to join Male Survivors

One of the best periods of my life came in the mid 2000's when I joined Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (MSSAT). Although at this period in my life I was attending Living Waters as a male. I was living mostly outside the Church as  a female.

Attending an all Male Support Group was different for me at the time. I made alot of decisions about my life and who I was. Who I identified as. It was around this time that I legally changed my name to Nicola Ann Redmond. Actually over as period of a couple of years I was able to tell the complete truth about my childhood, although in a cut down 5 minute version. I also made my own DVD about the story of my life.

Although at the time I believed I was suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder, the truth is alot different. I guess the truth is that I role played as a child and I continued to role play as an adult. When I learnt about MPD I simply created a character in my persona who suffered from MPD. I think they now call that DID Dissociative Identity Disorder. 

At the same time I was involved in the Filming of a Documentary which is now called "The Journey of Men". An unfortunate name for a Transgender Movie.