Child Abuse Survivor Blog

  • Migraines and Depression

    According to this Psychology Today article people who regularly get migraines are more likely to suffer from major depression than people who don’t. I suffered from major depression for a long time and have had migraines for as long as I can remember. But I don’t think the migraines caused the depression, the child abuse…

  • Geeking out

    If you read my other blog at all, you pretty much know I’ve been working on a ton of tech things lately. I know this is directly in response to the stress that’s going on at work. Our annual meeting is next week, and we’re having a bigger meeting than we’ve ever done before. Somewhere…

  • Out of control

    Want to know how little control we have over the circumstances of our lives? Yesterday I was sick, at home, with an internet connection that wasn’t working and, later in the day, a telephone that didn’t work. And there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about any of it, so there was no real…

  • Stamp out Hunger

    Don’t forget, tomorrow is Stamp-out Hunger day here in the US. If you leave out non-perishable food items, the local letter carrier in more than 10,000 cities and towns will collect them for your local food banks. Read the link for more info.

  • Amber Alerts

    It’s only a small site with only a handful of readers, but I still thought “heck, why not?” when it came to installing the Amber Alert Ticker that you see at the top of the main page. It took all of 2 minutes and if someone sees something on this site and has some information…

  • Some people

    You know, some people really are completely self-centered, some are just plain mean, some are inconsiderate, some are completely ignorant. In general, some people just suck! I refuse to be one of them, and I refuse to let their actions have any bearing on my life whatsoever. So there! 🙂