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.

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rose07042k 02/20/2017

Hi.

I just realized two weeks ago that what my abusers has taught me all my life was wrong. I was taught all my life that no one cares and that others would only used me etc and that only they cared. But they had abused me in different ways and that what they taught me was wrong. I have met some much people that cares about me and my well being. I am learning to trust others yet not everyone because there are bad people out there. But to trust those who cares about me. I know if I needed help and I let others who are in my life knows, I will be help. But If am hurting and no one knows then I cannot be help because no one knows. Therapy taught me that the last few months and it works. Weird but it works. Scarey. Thanks for listening to me talking from my hearts.

bluesprite72 02/22/2017

There are bad people out there, but I tend to look for the good in people and am rarely disappointed by that. It is hard to trust, when you have been raised to think otherwise about people and ourselves. I am glad you are seeking help and that it is helping you grow. I know I go through some really tough times and sometimes I just hole up and don't reach out to people. It is so true, that if you reach out for help, someone will be there for support and help. God bless you on your journey to healing and wholeness.

onedayatatimeforme 02/22/2017

I am very careful who I speak to about my marriage, the abuse and down falls. Which is one of the many reasons why this site and group is great. I am telling my story to strangers yet those that have been through it and get through it . I have been through therapy and I am glad I did it because it gave me the tools that I needed to get to this point in my life, I wish I used the tools sooner but I was afraid, worried and I held on to hope that I knew deep down was false hope. Do I trust men ? No but someday I may meet a man that will give me a good healthy reason to trust him. I know there are good people in this world and I work with a few of them and one of them does know my story and she has been a good support for me . I know in time you will find trust is a gift and you will decide who to give that special gift to when you are in a better place that is healthy and whole , in the mean time we still have our wall that we built from experience that was of no fault of our own but in time that wall will come down and we will be left with a stronger foundation to stand on with our own two feet. With pain comes live and learn. It is just the way it is . I wish you the best in your new journey and I know you will do and be great . Hugs

rose07042k 03/03/2017

I still have my wall but at times I let it down but goes up fast again. At times I thing what if I was not taught to hate myself and others how would my life be. But for me I don't hate others, I hate me. Therapy does it but at times I wonder if it will really work if I get hurt again. What if my abusers turn up again would I fall apart as norm or am I stronger now? People does not know how much they hurt another person for life. I became a stone in group therapy when one of the therapist stated that when a baby was not hold etc at all what problems they would have all their life because I was never hold etc a baby. I wonder if that's the reasons why at times I feel like getting rid of me. Some behaviors I cannot control nor some thoughts. I fear that I might be in therapy for life.

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