Many things in life are never easy to have to face, I think the main reason for spousal abuse is the lack of good parenting men or women who grew up in a dysfunctional family often end up repeating the…
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Most people can’t stand the thought that a child might be sexually abused. Since the thought is so distasteful, it can be easy to miss the subtle signs that a child is being molested. Someone who would never dream of…
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Abuse is an ugly word that can steal a lot of potential from the victims it claims. Whether the abuse is physical, emotional or sexual it doesn’t make any difference in terms of the psychological pain that is inflicted. Many…
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Women who are victims of sexual, emotional, mental, verbal, spiritual, or any type of abuse known from their men usually hang in that relationship or marriage, thinking that things will get better. What’s worse, some victims view their perceptions on…
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Having repressed a large number of childhood memories of abuse, I was amazed at the number of instances in which I recalled once I became a mother. As a mother, many situations and circumstances have triggered these memories and caused…
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Walking away from a violent partner is never easy, but then neither is waking up in the hospital because someone lost all self-control and you were there at the receiving end of their abuse. I’ve always set rules at the…
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Child neglect has life long effects on the health development and personality development of the neglected child. Because there are so many acts that can be named as neglect the range of the effects are endless. Food neglect can lead…
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Abuse victims are deeply wounded by the violation they had to endure on a physical, mental and psychological level. It takes a lot of courage to decide to pick up their pieces and turn over a new leaf. Wanting to do so is not enough….
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My experience with MCF (Ministry of Children and Families) has been life long. I was placed in their care at birth, and finally adopted at age 7. My experience of the system was brutal and life changing in many ways,…
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Domestic violence is an issue that has directly affected as many as one-third of all households in the U.S. It is an issue that has only recently been brought into the public sphere – until the 1970s, spousal abuse was…
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Last week in the news was a story of a little girl who was raped and killed by a family member, how dreadful we all say but then a month later how many of us actually remember this story? Unfortunately…
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Partners who are violent are often very weak, they cry, they threaten and they use violence as a force of power which ensures their partner stays. Many a battled woman has heard the words “I’m sorry” or “I will never…
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Abuse in a relationship can be exhibited in many degrees. It can be blatant or obscure but regardless of what form by which it is presented it is still abuse. For many of us, abuse is difficult to recognize, especially…
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Parents, it’s time to be realistic. There are predators out there who want to hurt your children and now more than ever, you should know what’s going on with your child at all times. It doesn’t matter how old they…
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When you first realize you may be a victim of domestic abuse, you may wonder, how did I miss the signs? Did this begin early in the relationship, or just progress over time? If these questions are floating around in your mind…
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You’ve heard the saying “Home is where the heart is”,but if you live in a home where there is domestic violencethen your heart is not there. Growing up in a home withviolence, you see and heard things that would make…
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Abusive relationships happen everyday, in fact there is someone being abused even as I begin to write this article. There are those that have no idea that a loved one is being abused and those that are aware but feel…
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She called this morning. We both knew it was inevitable, but that certainly didn’t make it any easier. “He died at 3A.M. this morning. He’s with the angels now. They’re taking good care of him, I’m sure,” she said. Katie…
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I am a child of divorce and I have seen terrible accounts of domestic violence. It’s physical, it’s emotional, it’s being and feeling trapped in a world you want to get out of. It’s desperation, sometimes even poverty. It’s forceful…
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Needs of Mourners That Anyone Can Fill There will be many occasions in life when you will be in a position to provide support for a friend or family member who is mourning the death of a loved one. No…
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How can life possibly get better after having your first child? In the summer of 2003, my wife and I had our first child, a son, Daniel, Jr. It was a long and painful (for both of us) birth; eighteen…
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Living with a physically abusive partner is in a sense signing your own death warrant, only you don’t exactly know the time when he may finally go over the edge and kill you. You will be living in total fear…
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Domestic and violent abuse is a terrible thing. It destroys not only the lives of those attacked, but can also be the destroyer of whole family units. This article is based on a very close friend of mine {and for argument’s sake…
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How do you move on after a death of a loved one “God! No!” were the words swelling free between the muffled sobs. My mother removed her clutched hands from my grandmother. They found their way to cover her swollen,…
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As she wakes up on that warm fall morning in 2003 she realizes her tomorrows were gone for good. For years she had been saying she would deal with her brother tomorrow, which tomorrow never came. On September 25, 2003…
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Domestic violence doesn’t always go down as an observer might think. The abuser often shows no signs of being abusive until the marriage or relationship is well established. Usually the abuser will only exhibit violence when there are no outsiders…
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To those who are left behind or who have never experienced anything that even put the thought of suicide in their head, this means of ending one’s life may be thought of as a cowardly way out. However, this is…
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Managing grief does not happen overnight and it does not happen in solitude. Grief is a process. An often slow and personal journey which clearly there is no right or wrong way to manage the loss. You can only take one…
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When the physical acts of abuse stopped, I was 11 years old. When the emotional acts of abuse stopped I was 37. When the pain of my history of abuse stopped I was, well I will let you know when…
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Shame, blame, confusion and pain ~ these are just a few of the paths you will travel following the suicidal death of a loved one. Feelings of devastation and hopelessness often lead to a preoccupation with the reason(s) for the…
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