Child Abuse Survivor Blog

  • Panic attacks

    I discovered something yesterday. I always thought having a panic attack was the most out of control feeling I would ever have. I was wrong. Watching someone you love having one and knowing that there’s nothing you can do, is worse!

  • Snow Bound

    Since we currently have somewhere in the area of a foot and a half of snow on the ground, I’m feeling very glad to have the President’s Day holiday off work. We don’t have to go anywhere today, and it looks like the most logical thing to do in this weather is exactly that, go…

  • In a panic

    All the news programs are filled up with stories of scared people buying all of the local stock of duct tape and plastic sheeting, and generally being frightened by everything they see on TV or read online. It’s a scary time to be alive in America, there’s no doubt about that, but let’s be realistic…

  • Car Trouble

    Is there anything more stressful than having car trouble? I’m fairly sure that it’s an alternator problem, but the car is only a year old. I shouldn’t be having that sort of problem with it! Not to mention the fact that I just had it at the dealership for a recall last week. (Unrelated problem.)…

  • Step by Step

    From a comment below: “The journey of a 1,000 miles goes step by step and starts with the first step, everything else remains locked in your imagination.” Recovering from abuse is just like that, you take each step one at a time and you don’t really know where the journey will lead you, but it…