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Link – How do you heal from parents who hurt you?
These sound so familiar to me as a survivor, and someone who has heard the stories of many other survivors, and adult children of alcoholics. “As a therapist, I’ve heard hundreds of stories of children, now adults, who suffered terribly at the hands of the very people who were supposed to care for them. And…
Link – Neglect: The Quieter Child Abuse
It’s true. We don’t see a lot of memoirs being written by adults who were neglected, and outside of some really atrocious cases, we rarely see the details of childhood neglect splashed across the front page, but these stories happen all of the time – “Jordan’s teacher knows she should be more sympathetic. She admits…
Sharing – What Not to Say to Your Grieving Friend
I’ve seen so many examples of people who felt the need to say something to a grieving spouse, child, etc., that they wind up saying something that makes everyone who hears it cringe. There are some good examples of what not to say in the article below, but maybe this sentence is the best thing to remember:
“In the end, the best thing to say when you don’t know what to say is just that. “I don’t know what to say, but I’m here for you.” “
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RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Now Accepting Submissions for the April 2014 Edition of the Blog Against Child Abuse … …
Thank you for sharing the link to my book review of Rainbows In The Dark.
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“Marginalizing the abused: Six ways survivors are treated as insignificant” This blog post was so spot on! I blogged about it too! http://miathriver.com/marginalizing-abused/ And… Rainbows In The Dark – Book Review by Patricia Singleton is great too, she is a great advocate and blogger!