In an interview with The Telegraph he has revealed how he has managed to become “comfortable” in life. He and his surviving daughter Amy have supported one another and Hunt has also found his work beneficial, alongside therapy, yoga, exercise and socialising.
“A couple of times, I’ve pushed it too hard,” he said. “And I’ve unravelled because of it. It writes its own rules, it’s the strangest thing. You can wake up at half past seven one morning and think, ‘I feel quite bright today’. And then, for no reason at all, come half past eight, you’re on your knees again.
“Ultimately, you have no control over how you’re feeling from one minute to the next. There’s a strength in the surrender to that. The next time it hits, you know that the intensity won’t be quite the same in an hour’s time.
“You develop a confidence that you can cope, even though nothing changes. I’m still exploring it, as you can tell. I’m still working it out.”
Hunt is also utilising his personal tragedy to raise awareness surrounding male violence. “There will be another girl, there will be another woman, at the hands of a young boy or man. That will happen,” he said to The Mirror last month.
“But if that young boy or man is out there at the moment feeling they’re drifting, they’re lacking focus, lacking self-esteem, just think about what your next move is. We just hope any young man watching doesn’t feel like we’re piling on them.
“Our boys are to be cherished and boys, we are completely with you. It’s certainly too late for people like Kyle Clifford but it’s the kids who are not yet at school that we’ve got to be thinking about.”
Hunt featured in an upcoming television series, Ross Kemp: Lost Boys, Deadly Men, to examine the problem of escalating violence against women and girls throughout the UK.
