On Memorial Day Weekend Sir Patrick Stewart gave a speech at Comicpalooza in Texas. He took questions from the audience, and Heather Skye, who blogs at Lemon Sweetie, stood up to ask him a question. Skye had seen a recent speech Sir Patrick had given at Amnesty International about domestic violence. By his own admission, Stewart told the Amnesty audience that his mother was the victim of domestic violence.

Heather Skye asked Sir Patrick, "besides acting, what he was most proud of in his life." Stewart went on to say that he works with Refuge, which helps women and children who have suffered from domestic violence in the United Kingdom (UK). He stated, "I do what I do in my mother's name because I couldn't help her then. Now I can." In addition, he told the audience that he found out last year that his father suffered from "shell shock" from WWII, which we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). For that reason, he works with the organization in the UK calledCombat Stress.

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