Child Abuse Survivor Blog

  • Ask and answer

    Pat asked an interesting question in the comments of the last entry, and I wanted to expound a bit further on the idea: My question is: do you find that the fact that you’re a chid abuse survivor turns people off from you? It’s not that I tell people about my past. When I encounter…

  • Just trying to help

    As I’ve worked at trying to be a better friend, more thoughtful, more alert to situations where I can offer support and/or help, I find that one of the most frustrating things is trying to help someone who won’t help themselves. We’ve all been in these types of situations, and often friendships can literally end…

  • My apologies

    I tried to upgrade to the newest version of Movable Type last night, and even though I thought everything went ok, I discovered today that wasn’t exactly the case. So, if you tried to leave a comment and couldn’t or were one of the unfortunate ones who stopped by the site as I was trying…

  • From a comment

    I saw this comment hit the blog this evening, and have since sent an email response, but I wanted to share my thoughts with others, and perhaps get a discussion going around the topic. Here’s what Amie wrote earlier: No victim of child abuse will EVER live a happy life. Somewhere deep down inside, they…

  • Moving on?

    Andy left a comment here the other day, and earlier this week I spotted a post on his blog where he linked here. (It’s a small part of a long post..) In it he says this about this site and myself: Well, this guy has been around longer than me, has quite a few links…