Crisis Support

Jeff was your typical charmer. Sending flowers to my house, taking me to dinner every weekend, telling me how beautiful and special I was. “You should be treated like a lady,” he would say. Was I in love with him?…
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There is help if you are a victim of domestic violence “Look at this food you have fixed for me! Do you call this dinner? I wouldn’t even feed this to a dog!” he screams as he swings his lengthly…
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Safety is the number one issue in dealing with domestic violence. There are lulls between acute episodes of domestic violence as a couple usually cycles through a pattern. Typically, after aggression has occurred there will be a period of reduced…
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This is actually a hard one for me to write to, however I do have personal insight on the subject itself so it is far easier for me to reply to this question rather then someone who has not experienced…
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Partition riots 1947-raping of women, killings, the merciless cutting out of the womb and leaving the bloodied part on the body for men to see- men’s way of sending a message to the opposing faction that they had control over…
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When someone we love experiences domestic violence the range of emotions that we feel jumps from one extreme to another. We are usually shocked that their spouse or significant other would do such a thing to someone that we love,…
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Domestic violence is a big problem in the Us as well as all over the world. It is about power and control. Not learning how to deal with stress in a non-violent way. Learning how to communicate without mind games,…
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I grew up in an abusive household. That alone gave me recipe for disaster. I didn’t even know what a healthy relationship was, much less know how to have one myself. I went through years of therapy to overcome what…
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Speaking as someone who has been in this situation, it is easier to stay. It is by no means what you should do, but yes it is easier. Why? Because it’s easier to stay with what you know than it…
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LIFE AFTER SEXUAL ABUSE Can anyone who has never been sexually abused really understand what it is like trying to survive from one day to the next without breaking apart at the edges? I don’t really believe so. My personal…
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In a small lace-curtained room crowded more than a dozen women to talk about domestic violence. The facilitator asked those in attendance to explain why they stayed in their abusive relationships. Each told a different story: how it was abusive…
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Any kind of abuse can lower your self esteem. Abuse can be one of the most devastating experiences you may encounter in your life. The effects of abuse can change your whole outlook on life. You see one minute you…
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Why shouldn’t we heed the warnings of child abuse and neglect? That is the true question here. We should recognize the signs, but not turn our backs. It is a disgrace how many precious children are being abused and neglected,…
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The term domestic violence refers to the aggressive behavior that goes on within the four walls of a house. Though the legal meaning of the term might encompass child abuse and even the abuse of the elderly, the…
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Abuse and Self Esteem I am older than most of you over 60 as a matter of fact and I have lived a life like some of you. I was always taught to believe in God and I think this…
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It is now difficult to say because our wonderful legal system has characterized everything as abuse. If a person is being assaulted (ie punched,kicked, strangled.) that is abusr if the person is being yelled at there is a fine line….
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This is yet another of those double-edged sword questions. Easier isn’t the word I’d use for staying with or leaving a violent partner. The logical preference is walking away, but the abuser will do everything in his/her power to prevent…
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It is far easier for a person to leave someone who is violent. Grabbing luggage, and throwing it in to the back of a car appears to be the simplest solution for the victim, as opposed to being subject to…
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Building self-esteem is not an easy task when you have lived in 37 foster homes had your head rammed through a wash machine window and been molested by the foster fathers that were suppose to protect you. I was the…
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A Wolf at the table: A memoir of my father is the latest book by Augusten Burroughs. Burroughs is an American author best known for his 2002 international best-selling memoir Running with scissors. Whereas Running with scissors is quite a…
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While sitting in the bookstore, plotting how best to murder the pretentious middle aged writer who squeezed in next to me, I notice some woman with her child looking at the bargain books. My attention is eager to be somewhere…
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“A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father” is Augusten Burroughs’ first full-length memoir. It is a departure from the humorous and wry tone from his “Running With Scissors,” but it likewise chronicles the author’s survival of a…
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What would you do if you were ever faced with the situation of having a loved one in a domestic violent situation? Most people would probably say they would report the situation and try and get the victim removed from…
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Domestic violence is an epidemic in the United States. Domestic violence victims and domestic violence perpetrators can be anyone. In domestic violence not only does it involve two people it involves the entire family. The people involved can be of…
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Abuse always effects the self esteem. In my case, abuse started when I was a toddler with doctors and nurses. This went on without my parents ever knowing. My mother trusted all doctors, thinking they knew what was best. She…
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Abuse,self esteem…these two words haunted me much of my life…. I grew up in a hateful, abusive house when my mom left my dad and two little brothers and took me to start a “new life” with her new fling…
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Living in fear. Domestic violence is passed on to one generation to another from learned behavior that comes from watching it as a child and the fear that comes with seeing it as one. An abusive woman apologies to her husband…
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Augusten Burroughs might only be 42 but he has already written five memoirs, and in the latest he targets his father and in the process creates a disturbing account of a traumatic family life. A Wolf at the Table: A…
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Damaged Goods: There will be no peace or spiritual rescue tonight for her demons have been very busy placing the old stumbling blocks anew. Yes, tonight is another one of those deep nights, restless, thick, and emotionally suffocating. Aubrey’s body…
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There’s something called Indian way of thinking. Every country has its own particular way of thinking based on which we develop the way we look at things and treat them in that respect. What we have seen and gathered through…
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