''He said that he wasn't going to look at me when I was talking because I was turning things around to suit me. He said I was a manipulator and used to manipulating people in my circle''
On the Free State podcast, he told Dion Fanning of the insecurity that he's battled since a traumatic childhood growing up in Dungiven in Derry.
"He was asking me questions about when I was young. He said that he wasn't going to look at me when I was talking because I was turning things around to suit me. He said I was a manipulator and used to manipulating people in my circle. "I'd go back to the car, sitting there and I'd have to go court. But I'd be sitting there in floods of tears. A friend of mine told me it's called 'frozen man syndrome', where you're frozen for 40, 45 years and then melt.Brolly described much of his life before counselling as a series of performances - from performing on The Sunday Game to performing in court as a barrister.
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