Tag: Abuse

  • Why It’s So Hard To Leave

    Helping A Victim Domestic violence, or “partner abuse,” affects the lives of millions of people. It’s been the subject of hundreds of books, magazine articles, movies, and television programs. We know that beating someone is a terrible thing. But beatings are only a part of what happens in domestic violence. And most of us find…

  • The Gift of Love

    The Gift of Love by Robert Sidell, Rev., J.D. What is the soul of love? In this world that we live we each search for love in a different way. One searches for it in a romantic relationship, another in friendship, another with family, and another in religion. But is there a kind of love…

  • This Time

    This Time by: Bethany Scaggs ©2007 Writtin for battered women everywhere You told me you loved me, I guess you must have lied. If you would have loved me, You wouldn’t have made me cry. You slammed me up against the wall, With your hands around my throat. So tight I couldn’t breathe, You watched…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…