Child Abuse Survivor Blog

  • Striking a Chord

    I was reading this entry that Chris had written about guilt when the last sentence really struck me: “I guess I’ve carried that warped child’s perception of the world into adulthood. I am responsible for everyone, and yet I am unable to completely please anyone.” Now those of you who aren’t survivors of child abuse…

  • Back to Normal

    Things got a bit screwed up here late last week, and I couldn’t post anything to the blog. Apparently it was an upgrade gone terribly wrong on the server. Anyway, things should be back to normal now. I did get the shell of a forum system setup last week. There’s a lot more I can,…

  • A note

    Just a note, something that has long bothered me, and has recently come to my attention again. Being in therapy, or suffering from depression, or being a survivor of child abuse, does not give you an excuse to be completely self-absorbed and act like an ass. That is all.. 🙂

  • First birthdays

    This past weekend we were with my family to celebrate my niece’s first birthday. I couldn’t help but think about what her life is going to be like, all of the many, many things she has in store for her childhood, all the happy memories that she and her older brother are going to have…

  • Community

    If you’ve been following along in the comments below, you know that the big thing I want for this site, more than anything else, is to have it become almost a community of survivors. That’s absolutely the goal I have in mind, but it’s the details that are the stumbling block. I mean really, what…

  • Projects

    As I wrote yesterday on my tech blog, I’m seriously feeling the need to work on some techie projects. I think I just need the outlet and the challenge to balance the non-challenges I have with work right now. Also, like I did on that site, I wanted to give you all the opportunity to…