Crisis Support

How to stop a stalker… *Both men and women are stalked: Did you know that not only women are stalked but men are too? The signs for identifying a stalker can vary depending on whether you know your stalker or the…
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Grieving is an extremely difficult process that unfortunately, all people have to go through several times in their lives.  During that time, when emotions are running high, many people make decisions that they will live to regret. To prevent the…
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I think both options are agonising decisions to make. When either decision is taken it is because of trauma already in the pregnant woman life. I have known women who have taken the abortion option and the experience stays with…
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Some people are irresponsible but, that is not the reason they are raped.  The reason they are raped is because one evil predator wants to commit a violent crime and he chooses this one victim because she seems more vulnerable….
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It is not easy to know that anyone is dying, but when that person happens to be the foundation of your life it is tragic, to say the least. However, if you happen to find yourself one of the lucky…
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Although head butts can be used rather effectively at times, this does not of course mean that it is always the best technique to use, at all times, or in all situations. There are lots of other factors involved, and…
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Date Rape, Spousal Rape, College Rape, Gang Rape. Whichever way you look at it, rape is evil, wrong, and punishable under the full weight of the law. It comes a little under murder, but equal to child abuse, because the…
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Almost everyone has had suicidal thoughts or feelings at one point in their lifetime or another. Some people suffer with them on a fairly regular basis. Those who do are suffering from an extreme form of depression for which there…
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Life sometimes does turn upside down. There is nothing that can be done about this, it happens. We all go through our little cracks, and have to deal with having to put our live back on track. This can be…
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Today something that had taken over my life for over twenty years cause a flash back at work today. I never expected it to happen but learned walking away from years of being stalked is not that easy to do….
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Alcohol was once my best friend and my worst enemy. To look at me, you would never guess. I was what is commonly referred to as a “functional alcoholic”, meaning that I was still able to go through the motions…
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Imagine a life where the despair that plagues your mind is so great, you’re only relief can be found hurting your own body. From children to adults this is sometimes a way of life. That despair clouds the life of…
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I was 28 and had been married for just over a year to the man of my dreams, we had met when I was 23, got engaged, saved hard and bought out first home and were now I thought happily…
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Living with someone who is depressed can be…well…depressing. It brings to mind that commercial that asks the question, “Who does depression affect?” and answers itself with, “Everyone”. While depression may not be contagious, per se, it is catchy. I, personally,…
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According to a survey done by CNN and the National Sleep Foundation, nearly 75% of Americans feel they don’t get enough sleep at night. Two questions come to mind after reading that – Whose fault is that? and What effect is…
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The days of allowing your children to play outside with minimal supervision are over.  You can no longer walk to work, through certain parts of town, without the risk of being mugged.  What is wrong with society today?  Violence is growing…
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How to protect yourself from sexual harrassment should include a look at the history of talking publicly about the subject of sexual harrasment especially in workplaces. Sexual harassment in the workplace received public attention when Anita Hill testified in front…
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More now than at any other time in history, people carry excessive baggage. Not the kind that we pull on wheels but the kind that weighs heavy on our hearts and minds. Within seconds we are privy to news that…
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Being held in an attacker’s choke hold is a very scary situation.  An attacker’s pressure on the victim’s neck will eventually lead to loss of consciousness, since air will be unable to get to the brain.  While being held in…
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The second we answer yes to this question is the second that we are shifting the responsibility of the rape from the perpetrator to the victim. I have been a victim of rape, and I know from statistics that I…
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To many Self harm is perceived as being an act of attention seeking and not as a serious mental health issue, something I know only too well about. However, that is not how I interpret it. To me self harm…
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Reasons for choosing cremation instead of burial I would choose cremation over burial because I don’t want to be just someone in a wood box underground, I don’t want people to mourn me, I want them to celebrate me and…
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No one wants to hear that a family member or friend is contemplating suicide. If this happens, the immediate reaction might be to preach to the person who is thinking of committing the act. Telling suicidal people how good life…
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There are three main methods of final disposition of a deceased body; cremation, the disposal of a corpse by burning, in ground burial and above the ground entombment.  Cremation has had a huge surge in popularity in recent years for…
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There are situations in life when most people will, at one time or another, be exposed to drugs. They will be tempted, and some will give in to the desires of the unknown, simply for the thrill of the danger…
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Rape is perhaps the worst thing that could happen to a woman, no one wants to be a victim, but how does one go about avoiding it? Every girl wants a social life, and you can have one! Ideally, no…
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Advice and tips on emergency preparedness run the gauntlet from ridiculously paranoid to foolishly deficient. Somewhere in the middle, you will find solid, sane advice for preparing yourself for almost any emergency that may arise. Whether it is an act…
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A young girl is afraid to go to her classes in junior high because the boys stand in the hallway and yell out comments about her developing breasts. A single mother worries that she may have to quit her well-paying…
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Mothers, all of us have one, come in all shapes and sizes. There is no real “pattern” to say this Mother is good and another is not. Mothers make a huge difference in the life of their child, even when…
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Potential major crisis averted with the help of a friend Every family has a family crisis now and then, sometimes at the most unexpected times. One of the biggest secrets to crisis intervention has to do with the reality that…
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