What Do Abusers Have In Common?
In order to effectively help a victim of domestic abuse and as a way to more fully understand what you, as a victim, have gone through, it is very important…
Abusive Retaliation/Paybacks
A phenomenon that victims experience, but don’t always have the words to express, is called Abusive Retaliation or Paybacks. Now, this may automatically leave us thinking about the courts and the…
A Survivors Christmas List
Ask someone what they want for Christmas and you’ll hear all sorts of lovely requests for toys, clothes, food and such sundry. This Christmas Eve, I am thinking about all…
LET’S TALK ABUSE…
There are 6 primary forms of abuse. This blog post will briefly explore each one and shed light on how it is used by an abuser to maintain power in…
When it’s life or death: Preparing for an emergency escape. Guest Podcast
I had the honor to be a guest on TUF Women Table.
Are You Telling Me that God is Abusive? Financial Abuse part 6.
When I fled in my van with my children, I had nothing. Over the previous 14 years, I had been prevented from accessing cash and writing checks. I was limited…
Are You Telling Me that God is Abusive? Sexual Abuse, part 5
I’d cried myself to sleep the night of our wedding, having been refused The next morning, I awoke to his hand on my left hip. “Take off all your clothes;…
Abusive Pride
I sat very still listening as he droned on into the third hour of lecture. I knew that if I spoke up, talked back, argued, offered an original thought, or…
