Category: Writings
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Excerpts Why Does He Do That? Inside the Mind of Angry and Controlling Men
Excerpts Why Does He Do That? Inside the Mind of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft “If I were asked to select one salient characteristic of my abusive clients, an aspect of their nature that stands out above all the others, I would choose this one: They feel profoundly justified.” “He doesn’t mean to…
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Emotional Healing
Emotions are the root cause of almost every injury and illness. Anger, fear, unworthiness and other emotions get `stuffed’ into the body, over time these limiting emotions weaken the physical body creating stiffness, aches, pain and general discomfort, which eventually can cause more serious conditions like tumors and cancer. In the allopathic and western medicine…
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Tips on Healing from Abuse
Tips on Healing from Abuse by: Lauren Christenson I am often thankful that I found ways to grow stronger as a women, especially in the aftermath of the abuse I lived through for years. Without this coping skill I never would have become the strong woman I am today, ten years later. These are some…
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Verbal Abuse
Verbal Abuse and its Devastating Impact By Patricia Evans Verbal Abuse is insidious. Verbal Abuse is endemic. Verbal Abuse impacts millions of people. Verbal Abuse and its denial are crazy-making Verbal Abuse usually occurs in secret. If you’ve heard, “You’re Too Sensitive” you’ve heard verbal abuse. Although many people have heard sticks and stones may…
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In The Mind Of An Abuser
Abusive people typically think they are unique, really so different from other people that they don’t have to follow the same rules everyone else does. But rather than being unique, abusers have a lot in common with one another, including their patterns of thinking and behaving. The following are some of their characteristics. Excuse Making…
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Healing from Abuse
Of all the tasks that we face in emerging from an abusive relationship, healing the damage from the abuse is the most difficult and the task that inevitably takes the longest. Our finances can be rebuilt; our emotions will rebound; bruises will heal; new friends can be made; new partners found. But those anguishing memories;…