Crisis Support

Thank you friends and family for taking the time to come here today to honor and celebrate my mother’s life. I wanted to take a moment to publicly thank my mother for giving me ‘life’. First, of course, I thank…
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I have not attended a cruse counceling session for many months,through my work commitments and other personal reasons. It is now approaching my fifth Xmas with only my sons memories to cherish, and the scars it has left behind.I do…
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With the world population growing, and available land diminishing, our society needs to consider some alternatives to the methods of burial that we now employ. There is nothing “natural” about the way we dispose of bodies of the United States….
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The final breath of death is as sure as the first breath of living. The difference is how and when this final breath will occur and what event will usher in the death angel. For some, death is such a…
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As you age you really do become a little wiser. I find I simply ‘know’ things that have puzzled me for years. I have come to believe we have an innate learning ability that ponders questions we pose to ourselves,…
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Recovering from a violent relationship is far from easy but it can be done. Domestic violence has a lasting impression. The abused are affected for the rest of their lives. The pain will never be forgotten. Trust will be slowly…
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One of the most dangerous things about emotional abuse is that it can be difficult for the victim to detect until it is too late. Abusers are adept at using the “boiling frog” technique, gradually increasing the abuse so that…
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Women who are in abusive relationships more often than not become pros at hiding the signs of the abuse from their friends and loved ones. This is usually because they are embarrassed at the predicament in which they find themselves….
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To my precious, precious abuser: I wish I knew how to express to you just what you loving me means to me, but since I’m not real bright, I’ll just try my best. I always thought when I grew up,…
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The long-term effects of child abuse will vary from person to person, depending on what happened and their personality, but all of them will be affected deeply for years or maybe forever. It is easy to assume that a child…
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It is important to understand that there are several different types of abuse in a relationship. Anything that belittles an individual in a relationship and originates from the other partner is a form of this, whether it be physical, sexual,…
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Domestic violence, as the name implies, is considered by many to be the physical harm perpetrated by one member of relationship on another member, whether it be between husband and wife or parent and child. But there is more to…
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Anyone who has been the victim of childhood abuse will know how difficult it is to move on after. You have been abused, probably the worst and biggest thing that can happen to you. You are confused, hurt, angry, sad,…
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Whether it is easier to walk away or stay with a partner is violent is not really the most important question here. If you are with a violent partner and you decide to leave you should not be judged and…
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The life of loving you with all my faults you say I have Wow! The life of being loved by you, even though I am such a failure to you in every way. How can I improve myself in so…
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During my years with an alcoholic, abusive spouse, my overall physical health gradually deteriorated. In fact, I was well on my way to being as much an alcoholic as my husband. I didn’t realize until I left the relationship just…
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There are some women that feel powerful if they hit, scratch or abuse a man if the man does not react by hitting her back. These type of women believe that they are in control, and that is like a…
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Every victim of abuse comes to a point where they think they just cannot stand it anymore. They will be torn this way and that. Part of them maybe still loves the person who is abusing them, part of them…
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Abuse of women is not a new problem and it is not even a rare problem, unfortunately, but when it is happening to someone that you know and care about, it’s suddenly a very huge and heartbreaking problem. You probably…
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While arrest rates for domestic violence have long been far higher among men than among women, there are some who have claimed that the reason for that was more a reflection of reluctance by male victims to report incidents of…
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Abusive relationships can lead to low self esteem. Whether it is a parent who constantly criticises their child for not doing their homework well enough and getting a low grade, or a husband who tells his wife she is fat…
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When a person is abused, regardless of the type of abuse, their self-esteem is generally affected. It’s like Chinese water torture, dripping away and carving chunks out of your sanity: drop after drop after drop after endless drop. You wonder…
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Child sexual abuse is an abuse of power, where older, stronger, and more powerful persons take advantage of children for their own sexual and emotional gratification. Perpetrators trick, force, or manipulate children into sexual content. Sexual Abuse as Touch Behaviors…
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Women tolerate abusive men for many reasons. Many would be hard pressed to enumerate a single set of reasons why they continue to stay in abusive relationships. Abused women are found in all ethnicities and across all economic and social strata….
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There is a way to look at the past. Don’t hide from it. It will not catch you if you don’t repeat it.-Pearl Bailey When I started on my Journey I was living in a higher place. I was feeling…
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Choosing the right time to leave an abusive relationship needs some planning and courage. It is easy to tell yourself that things will improve if you leave them for a while, and we would like to believe this because change,…
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What does addiction, depression, dis-trustfulness, suicidal ideation, and self-hatred have in common? These characteristics, illnesses, and behaviors are all common denominators to those who are, or once were, victimized through incest. Incest is the act of two or more family…
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Abuse is an unnecessary act that is done because of someone else’s problem. Nobody deserves that. I’d often wondered why a woman would stay with a man that supposedly loved her, but physically, and mentally abused her. And there is…
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Do people who are abused become abusers?This is a question many wonder about. I was abused horribly from birth (1962). The abuse from childhood made me end up choosing someone who abused me as well. I cannot inflict pain on…
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Its easy to think that children are amazingly resilient beings – they appear to have an uncanny ability to adapt and have frightfully insightful perceptions about things. In situations of domestic violence however, these are not necessarily advantageous skills to…
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