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Child Abuse
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Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom.
But the personality formed in the environment of coercive control is not well adapted to adult life. The survivor is left with fundamental problems in basic trust, autonomy, and initiative. She approaches the task of early adulthood――establishing independence and intimacy――burdened by major impairments in self-care, in cognition and in memory, in identity, and in the capacity to form stable relationships.
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― Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
― Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
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Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can't we be honest about them? Especially moms. They're the most romanticized of anyone.
Moms are saints, angels by merely existing. NO ONE could possibly understand what it's like to be a mom. Men will never understand. Women with no children will never understand. No one buts moms know the hardship of motherhood, and we non-moms must heap nothing but praise upon moms because we lowly, pitiful non-moms are mere peasants compared to the goddesses we call mot
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― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
This is a group for Advocates and staff at CASA New Orleans to read and discuss books that perta…more
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Join author Pamela Koefoed as she discusses her new book JoyRide. This group will be active Dece…more
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Focus: Books and Authors that provide literature, or insight into abuse
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This group is for child abuse victims. Abuse of any kind as a child. This is a forum for victims…more
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