Throughout this series I’ve tried to be real as much as I was able, by writing about my story through relational abuse. Sometimes reading someone’s words just isn’t enough. I love to write and I love to read, but sometimes I need to see a face and hear the tones…
After walking away from relational abuse, typically love is the last thing you want mentioned and the furthest thing from your mind. The pain and agony you’re having to deal with coupled with the bad memories that are filling your mind, the idea of love coming your way in the…
Forgiving your abuser is by far the hardest and one of the last steps that you’ll take beginning your life after relational abuse. It is not a step that can be done early in the process, and should not be pushed on by family and/or friends. Everyone will come to…
In your life after relational abuse there are many stages that you will go through. Times that seem harder than the abuse itself, freeing moments that make you want to throw caution to the wind and many more that you’ll come to experience along the way. One of the hardest…
When you’re in the midst of an abusive relationship you wonder how there could be life after relational abuse. You think that there is no way that you could possibly live any kind of a “normal” life again. I’m here to say that there is life after relational abuse. There…
There is a quote that I’ve heard often over the years, and though I love the idea of it, I know that it isn’t accurate. “Time heals all wounds.” 10+ years down the road, my wounds aren’t healed. The pain has lessened, the bad memories don’t hit me every day…but…
My dealings with physical abuse are minimal, but this series would not be complete without touching on it. How to Recognize Physical Abuse Physical abuse doesn’t actually have to be visible. Some abusers will ensure it isn’t visible, often hidden under clothes; while others don’t care and the marks they…
Sexual abuse is terrible, especially because it takes something that God made to be beautiful and turns it into a means to control and hurt someone. Why Use Sex to Abuse? People that use sex abusively like the feel of power. The very knowledge that they can make you do…
As women our emotions can be used against us, so it is important that we are aware of what this type of abuse looks and/or sounds like. What is Mental / Emotional Abuse? Mental/emotional abuse allows the abuser to direct/control your thoughts or emotions. What Does Mental / Emotional Abuse…
If the word “abuse” is brought up, most people change the topic altogether. No one wants to talk about the “elephant in the room”…no one wants to get involved. Something to the affect of “It’s their problem, let them work it out together” is said, or is at least thought.…
