Andrew Minyard

Andrew Minyard. Boy. 12 years old. Blonde hair and brown eyes.

Andrew's biological mother, Tilda, placed Andrew in an orphanage at birth. He had been in a lot of foster families and none of them were good ones.

Andrew had his first experience of sexual abuse in a foster family at the age of seven. The man who raped him said that if the boy asked politely, he would stop, but he deceived him. Since then, the word “please” has been a trigger for him. Further rape and harassment were repeated in different families more than once.

He began to harm himself by cutting his hands, but not out of suicidal tendencies, it was simply his way of regaining control over his body and staying afloat, regaining his own body over and over again, trying to prove that he could still dispose it.

Based on all the traumatic experiences, he developed a trigger for touching, a phobia of touching, a trigger for the word “please,” a total distrust of people, especially adults, especially men, a tendency not to show emotions. He takes promises extremely seriously. Since no one had ever kept their promises to him, he came to the conclusion that he could break this vicious cycle by keeping his own promises, even at the cost of his life, if necessary.

Quiet, distrustful, obedient, traumatized, difficult to make contact because any manifestation of an adequate attitude towards him by a small child is perceived with distrust and wariness. A very distrustful and smart boy. Defends himself with aggression.