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Thank you for giving me the time to share my story 🙏🏽

"Why would my dad do that to me" is one of the most important points of this whole story and the most heartbreaking. If a society wants to reduce criminality it needs to protect children and reduce poverty first and foremost. This little kid didn't stand much of a chance, child abuse creates more and more abuse later on. I'm glad this man managed to break the cycle eventually.

The anger he shows when he talks about his dad burning him is such deep incurable trauma, u can't heal it you jus learn how to live with it

He’s so in control of his emotions he goes from showing them and displaying what he felt to immediately talking to them in a semi normal tone it’s beautiful

He has PTSD.  Every time he tells a story, he's right there, feeling it, like a flashback.  I too come from a traumatising abusive childhood.

His dad burning his hand, the anguish in his voice....broke my heart, literally....pain

“I thought I was dead and I just thought. Bollocks” is the most london thing I’ve heard

You can see the anger in his voice,the pain he endured, no kid should go through that

The pain in his voice during his father's part

Be nice to your children folks. They didn't ask to be born.

His father was an evil man. This goes to show you what exposure to evil can do to innocent children if it remains unchecked. I'm glad he's doing better than the worst times.

Perfect example of why you should never judge other people, you simply don't know what they have been through.

You can hear the unresolved pain and anger towards his father still till this day. Poor Marvin, he really got dealt the worst cadrs in life but he still managed to turn it around. He's amazing 👏

When Marvin is telling the part of the story where his father held his hand on the flame, absolutely killed me....  the anguish in his voice, it's as if he is 8 again reliving the confusion and horror.  How he says "But Dad I love you! how can you do this to me?"   hurts bad

Man! This guy really relives his shit...
It's like you're right there with him.

Marvin Herbert is a true soldier, he suffered PTSD since childhood. He saw a lot of violence and I’m glad he survived a lot of madness 😔

This interview made me cry... can you blame someone for ending up in a life of violence and drugs when that's all they've seen growing up. He seems like a man full of passion and drive who had no opportunity in life except to fight his way out

This shit makes me realise how privileged I am and how my childhood was so much better than I originally thought

He flashed a bright smile when he mentioned his friend “Ginwell.” There must be more stories there