No One Knows - The True Story of the Secret Survivor

Extract: The back of the book cover

‘The petrol burned my skin, it was eating away at me. Cleansing my dirty body. The skin was flaking away, but the blood from the cut on my wrist was drying up. I felt so drained, so weak. But all I needed was the energy to finish what I’d started. Total freedom was so close…’

The picture on the cover of this book is the only one ever taken of Joshua Cole as a child.

Joshua was what they called a mistake; unwanted and unexpected. From as far back as he could remember he was a nobody, a devil child who was programmed to exist only to please the adults who subjected him to incessant abuse in its worst forms: physical, sexual, and psychological.

At the age of 17, after an attempt on his own life, Joshua was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a condition affecting as many people as diabetes, but relatively unheard of.

No-one Knows is the story of one man’s fight to overcome overwhelming odds and to support, inform and educate the many people who battle with the same condition. It is an inspirational account of the strength of the human spirit.

Reviews from an extract of the book:

"I found your story compelling to read to the point of wanting to know what happened next...

I was thinking whilst reading how much of what I was reading I could associate with, be it from the way you described the point of desperation you had reached, to your rationing of your actions, to your thought process of the whole event. Could be spooky to someone who doesn't know anything about bpd possibly but to me is so clear I could even picture the whole event in my mind.

Your writing is creative, concise and enlightening to me anyhow"

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"Wow, that's so powerful. Very much engaged me emotionally right from the beginning, I really felt there"

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"I think it's a very powerful & emotive piece of writing, Josh. I have tears rolling down my face thinking of that happening to someone I feel I know, perhaps because I indentify so keenly with that level of distress"

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"Damn boy you can write. I like the others wanted to keep reading to see what happened next. You have explained with such depth, the pain, confusion, and fear that was experienced at that point in time. For you to be able to share this with other people, in such detail is a credit to you, and a true testament that one with the diagnosis of BPD can in fact become a productive member of society. Bravo, Josh, Bravo. You have truly spoken to my head and heart, especially at the end from when Lucy said - Don't do this - that she cared, and how you wanted someone to actually care, hold you and make it better. I think that there are a great deal of people who will be able to relate to that. In all honesty, Josh, I still want someone to hold me and make it better. Thank you so much for sharing"

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