A Child Abuse Survivors Group Community Group

We survived child abuse, but the pain still remains and so do the other effects which can last a lifetime. We are often unable to find adequate help, and we are seeking answers that can help us understand what happened so that we can go on to lead normal lives. (Please note that this is a group for child abuse survivors only. If you are a professional in the mental health...

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Group FounderBeaumont
Beaumont
Make use of this group in any way that helps you. You can post the story of the abuse you endured during childhood. You can post a rant about your present circumstances if you want to. You can do just about anything here, because communication is very important for those of us who have survived child abuse. You don't need anyone's permission to get it started.
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Physical abuse and verbal abuse are just that: abuse. For some reason, society thinks that if a person is not physically beaten, that they are not being abused. So not true! Verbal abuse can be worse than physical abuse. With physical abuse, bruises do heal, then no one can see them, and the bruises fade away.....however, with verbal abuse, this causes a bruise on your heart, and in most cases, that never goes away. No one can physically ''see'' this kind of bruise, and it gets so buried deep inside of us that sometimes it leads us to self destruct ourselves. For me, school was my only savior in some ways. Kids would tease me a little, but not as bad as what I got at home. I would stay after school to help any teacher that would let me wash the chalk boards, or clap the erasers. I would stay in school until it got dark, and then I would walk home. I felt safer in school than I did at home. Actually, I WAS safer in school than I was at home! My teachers were so nice to me, and they knew something was wrong......back then, child abuse was called a ''family problem'' and not a child safety issue. I am almost 60 years old, and I try very hard to make each day as happy as I can. I had no control over what happened to me as a child, but, I have control over what happens to me now. I am left with some mental health disorders that I cannot help, but, this does not stop me from trying to be happy....
gizzy2010
gizzy2010
angel grace55 ; Its always interesting just reading what people have written here. It actually brings out of the 'archives',memories that i've suppressed. I too would stay after school was over and erase, clap erasers, and wash chalkboards. I would also stay in school until dark. (I was always gone until dark) then go home.

Its funny I now remember that part of me that i"ve suppressed until now. Thank you! Just this by finding out more about me is a way that I can FEEL; For I've been UNREACHABLE most of my life. By that I mean I "hid" my "self " at a young age to not be hurt further (mentally, verbal.... ); Feelings I couldn't feel as it was not SAFE to (for me); which all of my therapists have told me since early 90's.

WN2D, I also looked up "empathy" in the Dictionary. That was when I was going through my divorce. I had made it thru college, working full time--2jobs, going through a painful divorce and it was then that I was able to FEEL. and I learned how to empathize with others. I also learned how "LOVE" felt -in a healthy way.
Thank you for this Topic!!! and for everyone sharing their story.(or pieces of it).