Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
Well, I'm finally sitting down to introduce some of myself. MY name is Daniel, and I know I did not grow up in a huge emotionally abusive family, or physical, my parents did come from some problem families. I was reminded some time ago that when I was younger, my folks were close to getting a divorce, I was closest to my mother. I'm glad my father started working on his issues. There was emotional abuse growing up from my mom and dad on me, but I'm not sure if they realized it or not. I've forgiven them, but I'm still having to work on some things, as I always will. I've been working on a journal for the past several months, that's been helping. Lately, I've stopped talking to people about my feelings. I guess I'm tired of talking, or taking advantage of that opportunity they say that they are there to listen to me. Some times I get tired of investing in a relationship, when there's nothing being given back. Is this me standing up for myself? A lot of those I talk to have been women friends. I use to get a lot of feed back from women, like my mom, looking for confirmation that everything was okay, or having some emotional support or what I was doing was alright. I don't think this is healthy, especially when I want a healthy relationship with a woman when I finally meet the right one. It gets confusing some times. So any way, that's that. I wasn't sure how to introduce myself, especially when I don't want to say a lot the first time =)
A Child Abuse Survivors Group
If you were abused as a child, teenager, or young adult, and are now are separated from the circumstances of your abuse, but continue to suffer from unpleasant memories, post-traumatic stress disorder, flashbacks, nightmares, have difficulty functioning in society, feel alone and friendless, feel 'different' from everyone else and have trouble fitting in, have difficulty finding a job or keeping a job, are living in poverty, have trust issues, sometimes wonder if you are human at all, or are experiencing other difficulties stemming from neglect, abandonment, torture, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, or other abuse, you are invited to join this group.
As a first step to overcoming your past you need to be able to openly and safely talk about what happened to you. This will allow you to understand what happened to you and to understand yourself as you are today. You can safely share your experiences here with other caring survivors of child abuse who are at various stages in their progress from Victim to Survivor to Thriver.
To join the group, please click on the link here:
www.dailystrength.org/groups/achildabusesurvivorsgroup
From Victim to Survivor to Thriver to A Life Beyond Abuse.