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- Do you believe there will be a day in the future when you are free from the pain of your past abuse? You won't necessarily forget what happened to you, but the painful memories and other effects will have faded to an extent that you can feel free...
- When I was a child, my abusive parents were not good role models for me. Since I was not allowed to talk to other children or adults, I felt like an outsider. So I guess when I looked for a role model, I found someone who was also different. Silly...
- This is a fun, challenging game in which you must choose between two things. You reply with your choice, and then post two choices for the next player to choose between. Be as silly as you dare!Would you rather be trapped in a dark cave with a...
- What would you undertake in your life if you knew you could not fail? Imagine for a moment that all the failures of all the yesterdays behind you cannot come back to be repeated or to haunt you. It's a brand new day, and in the days ahead you will...
- "The holes in your Swiss cheese are somebody else's Swiss cheese."-Melvin Fishman: "New York Times,” ‘Higher Education Supplement’ (1982)
- Hey there, you! How are you today? Good and getting better all the time, I hope.I have noticed that the homepage for the founder of this group, Child Abuse Survivors, has been closed. Does this mean that the group founder is no longer a member of...
- Have you ever thought of legally changing your name so that you could, in a way, start a new life, one free of the memories and emotional pain that comes with the name you had when you were abused? Perhaps the person or persons who abused you called...
- “There is nothing so absurd but that some philosopher has said it.”-Marcus Tullius Cicero: “De Divinatione” (45 B.C.E.), book 2, section 58
- Great events, we often find,On little things depend,And very small beginningsHave oft a mighty end.Letters joined make words,And words to books may grow,As flake on flake descendingForm an avalanche of snow.A single utterance may goodOr evil thought...
- When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.-James Matthew Barrie: “Peter Pan,” opening line
- Do you find day-to-day life hard? Do you wish life had an instruction booklet? Do you wish your brain had an owner's manual? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you've come to the right place. This page provides, free of charge, a...
- One of the diagnostic criteria for PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is hypervigilance. Hypervigilance is watchfulness or checking one’s surroundings that is over and above what is normal or reasonable. Hypervigilance takes many forms. It is...
- Warning signs of emotional abuse in children Excessively withdrawn, fearful, or anxious about doing something wrong. Shows extremes in behavior (extremely compliant or extremely demanding; extremely passive or extremely aggressive). Doesn’t seem...
- Warning signs of physical abuse in childrenFrequent injuries or unexplained bruises, welts, or cuts.Is always watchful and “on alert,” as if waiting for something bad to happen (hypervigilant).Injuries appear to have a pattern such as marks from...
- Warning signs of neglect in childrenClothes are ill-fitting, filthy, or inappropriate for the weather.Hygiene is consistently bad (unbathed, matted and unwashed hair, noticeable body odor).Untreated illnesses and physical injuries.Is frequently...