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.
I've come to terms with the fact that even though it has only been a few times it still counts as abuse. And I know I should tell someone who can help but I'm SOO scared. But I can't let this go on I can't keep feeling like I deserve to be hit or hurt my self for my abuser.
Every soul is entitled to wholeness, health, contentment and joy.
If someone hurts you once, it may be an accident or an exception. If he or she hurts you twice, you need to make a note to self to keep an eye on what happens in the future. A third time? Abuse. Walk away.
The tragedy is that a child can not walk away from parental abuse. And so, is set up to believe that, since a parent must know what they're doing, that the hitting and hurting is appropriate punishment for being bad inside. This is a genuine tragedy.
But it still doesn't make what happened to you okay.
It is never okay to hit or hurt.
Billi