Angela Jay, the young doctor who was stabbed 11 times and doused in petrol by her crazed ex-boyfriend, has revealed she doesn’t plan on wasting her ‘second life’.
The 28-year-old has spent the last year campaigning against domestic violence after Paul Lambert, a man she met on Tinder and briefly dated, tried to kill her in her Port Macquarie home.
Standing alongside another victim of domestic violence Dr Jay declared herself a warrior for women on White Ribbon Day, and called for others to do the same.
‘We have both stared death in the eyes and lived to tell the tale,’ Angela Jay captioned this picture – her own personal post for White Ribbon Day – a year after her ex-boyfriend tried to kill her in her Port Macquarie home
The young doctor has become a White Ribbon ambassador and ‘warrior’ against domestic violence
She was stabbed 11 times and doused in petrol by her ex-boyfriend before escaping to a neighbouring property
‘We have both stared death in the eyes and lived to tell the tale,’ she said.
‘We won’t waste what I call my ”second life.” We are unbreakable warriors using our best weapons – our voice.
‘We stand together on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence toward Women and Girls, stand with us!’
Dr Jay previously spoke exclusively with Daily Mail Australia about her struggle getting ‘back to reality’ following the attack on November 3.
Her 36-year-old attacker was shot-dead by police which is the only reason she feels comfortable telling her story.
She is still haunted by his memory.
Her attacker, Paul Lambert, pictured, was shot dead by police after fleeing the scene
The young woman said he haunts her every day – but she can tell her story because he is dead
‘Even though my attacker is no longer here, the memory of him and what he did terrifies me every day,’ she said.
The young woman can’t look at photos of the man who hurt her, and is left shaken if she comes into contact with men who look like him.
The one salvation for Dr Jay is that she will never come face-to-face with Lambert. He was shot dead by police shortly after attacking her.
However, the traumatic incident has forever changed the way the once independent woman lives her life.
‘We won’t waste what I call my ”second life.” We are unbreakable warriors using our best weapons – our voice.’
‘I am definitely too afraid to live alone or with strangers, and I have a real issue with closets,’ she said.
‘My bed is on the floor, there is no closet in my room now, there is nowhere for anyone to hide.
‘I think the recovery of any major trauma takes time – I am coming to terms with the fact that I will never be the same person I was before,’ she said.
‘I think about the attack every day – sometimes it is brief, sometimes it’s not.
‘We stand together on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence toward Women and Girls, stand with us!’
‘And of course I have the scars – every time I see them it brings me back. One of the scars on my arm is very painful and uncomfortable when touched, which also brings me back.’
On the night of the attack Dr Jay managed to escape her would-be-killer ex and get help from a neighbour. She talked him through what he needed to do to save her life in the moments before paramedics arrived.
