PHENOMENA: The Lost and Forgotten Children

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MY NAME IS MALCOLM
As a child I knew Malcolm, who was then a young man. Dad often invited him home for meals. Malcolm was one of the 'lost children' forgotten or abandoned by their families into the Seacliff Mental Asylum, New Zealand.
We followed his story from childhood to adulthood as best we could even after he was eventually discharged back into the community.
When considering the tragedy and abuse of Malcolm's wasted earlier years, it is a story of immeasurable sadness. Yet he ultimately rose above it all, and with admirable strength, courage and innate resilience, was able to free 'the regular boy within' as he had always wanted.
I was raised within the community of the Seacliff Mental Hospital village. To separate the truths from the almost-truths at this stage would be an impossible task so I have blended together various stories as representative of what most probably did happen during the period covered.
This is Malcolm's story as I believe it unfolded.