Emotional abuse occurs when one person chips away at another’s self esteem, confidence, sanity, and emotions with intent to either destroy or control them. Emotional abuse is usually learned from the individual from a parent or another person who may…
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Domestic violence most typically occurs when one person in a relationship seeks to control and manipulate the other.  The National Center for Victims of Crime defines domestic violence as “the willful intimidation, assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive behavior…
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“Domestic abuse” is a term that you may have heard on the evening news or on a courtroom drama, but you may not know the true facts about this dilemma.  In fact, numerous myths surround domestic abuse, a term that…
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Domestic violence can have detrimental effects on the way you develop as a person. If not handled properly, it can essentially ruin your relationships with others, or at best case, create serious damage. At workplace, those effects may even cost…
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Abuse in any form can be difficult to detect.  The natural instinct for any person regardless of age, is to hide abuse.  For children, this is especially true, mainly because they have been told not to tell.   As one…
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Physical abuse can happen in just about any type of relationship. There are a variety of warning signs that can lead a person to question if an individual is in an abuse relationship, and if they are getting seriously hurt….
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Children who live in homes with the presence or potential for domestic violence are often at high risk of becoming victims of child abuse, frequently by a parent lacking the necessary parenting skills or by a parent involved in his…
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If you have been the victim of abuse, you know your self-esteem has been sufficiently lowered from the abusive words and the physical hits. Rebuilding your self-esteem can be done, but it will take time on your part. With these…
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Domestic abuse is a big problem in American today. Many people claim to be against abuse in any form, but when it comes down to actually doing something about it, they either cannot identify it, or just don’t think it…
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For any person that has ever been the victim of domestic violence, it can be easy to see how handling this problem can affect other parts of their lives. Domestic violence is not only a problem but a serious offense…
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Child abuse is an unfortunate event that can scar children for life. It is very difficult to help children get through this, therefore it is highly recommended to learn the risk factors that contribute to child abuse, in an attempt to…
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Physical abuse occurs when a partner, parent, or another individual uses his/her physical strength in order to intimidate another human being into staying and/or obeying. Physical abuse mostly occurs in romantic relationships but does exist in other types of relations….
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What to do if a woman you know is abused Typically when someone hears that a woman is suffering from abuse, they want to step in and “rescue” her or solve the problem. This is not always the best solution,…
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When it comes to Domestic Abuse, the hardest decision you can make is to finally walk away. I say finally because generally the turmoil of thoughts and emotions attached to the decision making process, coupled with the hope generated from…
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There are many different types of abuse, but no matter what form abuse takes, it is always demeaning, degrading, and devastating to the victim.  While physical abuse can be much more obvious to see the signs and effects of, the…
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