Crisis Support

I have interviewed rapists in order to understand rape. In their own words, rapists show that they alone are responsible. Here is what one man said. “Rape? What’s the big deal about rape? I raped my wife all the time….
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Yes and no. I do not think that you can ever fully prevent yourself from being a rape victim. Sure, you can take precautions. You can protect yourself as much as you possibly can, but some things will happen no…
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There is not a long line of skills that you needed to develop to earn the title of mother. The privilege was entrusted to you as a gift and as a rite of passage. Being a mother is not the…
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Who can we consider as the police of rape, when people choose not to report the violation? Irresponsibility can be looked at from many angles. I don’t believe it is our right to decide other’s feelings. In regards to a…
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Each household should have a disaster kit and an emergency plan and to be prepared for an emergency.Families should discuss their family plan for an emergency and, together, make sure that the disaster kit is stocked and up-to-date. – Disaster…
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Let me start out by saying that I do not condone rape or any kind of non-consensual sex. My argument is not about children who are molested or raped because they are truly innocent, unknowing victims. This is also not…
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Some men are just out of their minds. They still think, the way a woman dresses tell them it is ok to gawk, seek out, and prey on them. This cave man mentality has to be stamped out if we…
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Grief is an emotion which can be experienced differently by individual people. Helping a grieving friend requires that you set aside your own experiences of grief and concentrate on theirs. It may be that your friend is suffering from guilt…
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Grieving can take place after the loss of any significant person, a pet or anything that was special in our life. The loss of a parent, a child or a spouse can be profound. Grief is however a feeling that…
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How often do we see little paper signs that hang in corridors of hospitals that feed us the idea that no one should suffer in silence and that there is help to be had for all our pain in life….
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Living day to day, playing games, making up and healing over scabs of sorrow. Toiling in what we sow is what it becomes. There is nothing we can do when someone close to us dies and it seems apparent that…
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I start this with a disclaimer. I am speaking here of several suicides. Not one is is like something referred to Dr. Kevorkian. These suicides did not involve diseases or physical difficulties for which no help, personal nor professional can…
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How do you support a grieving friend? The obvious thing to do of course is to listen patiently, giving a sympathetic acknowledgment now and then, especially if you’re communicating by phone. Let your friend know that you are indeed listening…
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Life is precious, joyful, and one heck of a bumpy roller coaster ride. Some of us live cautiously, never forgetting to buckle up for all life’s jolts and turbulence. Others of us prefer to throw our hands up in the…
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The worst thing a woman can do is give up her life for a relationship. Love is give and take-I think we would all agree on that. But all too often women are the ones who give up their career,…
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The pain started in my back and up between my shoulder blades when I was sixteen years old. I was just going through a transition of sorts with my friends too. I was not the type of girl that wanted…
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Do you and I perceive pain to be the same? I have been blessed with an incredibly high tolerance level for physical pain; the same cannot be said for emotional pain. My back hurts. Go to bed with a hot…
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As long as a patient is sane and knows what they feel is best for them, the patient should have the right to remain on life support or not. Some patients declare their wishes far in advance of the crisis,…
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I write about my father frequently which means I find myself writing about death and loss frequently. A lot of people may find this odd to want to write about grief and loss. After all, why would I want to…
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Not every person feels capable of helping a friend through their time of grief.The fact the you are reading a “how to” article shows that you may feel inadequate but are willing to look outside yourself for ideas and additional…
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The silence is almost deafening, but it is necessary. It is punctuated by soft sobbing and sighs. Your friend is in pain, and it is a pain that will take time to heal. She’s lost someone very dear to her,…
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When someone dies suddenly, the partner, parent, child or friend left behind can often feel as if they are invisible. Because people don’t know what to say to someone who is grieving, they’ll say nothing at all. They think that…
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I do not agree that a family’s wishes should take precedence over the patient’s. There are many families in which the patient and the other members of the family would not agree. Take for example my family. My parents would…
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Twenty-five years ago my eldest son and firstborn child breathed his last breath. I thought about his life all night, the impact he made on me. Seven months, that is how long this bubbly, chubby, playful, wise spirited, little caramel…
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Losing a close friend is traumatic and stressful. This person may have been in your life for years. You have shared your joys, sadness and secrets with each other. You have shared the journey of life together. There is clearly…
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There is nothing more powerful then the art of listening. Quite often, it can be the most important requirement of a relationship. When someone you care about is grieving, they are suffering from an emotional trauma that only they can…
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This article is not for you it’s for me. This is cathartic. It’s therapy. It’s my life. This is about how I lost the great friend/sister who walked this earth. Her name was Annette and she was the most beautiful,…
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Your grief is yours, no one else will experience the loss in exactly the same way you will, first and foremost, do not judge yourself or allow judgment upon you as to the correct way to grieve nor the duration….
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When my father died two years ago, it seemed that the world and all it’s joy went with him. I had a multitude of people surrounding me, letting me know that they cared, and yet, I could not voice my…
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During the last year of World War II, my battle station was as a talker on a 40mm gun mount aboard an attack transport. During a lull between bombardments just before we put Marines ashore, I sat on the rim…
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