August 2006 - Child Abuse Survivor

30 Aug 2006

Final thoughts on friendship

by Mike McBride | posted in: Observations | 5 |

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I’ve been tracking the comments and responses to that last post about friendship and wanted to share some of what I’ve been thinking as I read through the responses. Andy got the real key to what I was asking, the … Read More… Read More

29 Aug 2006

Sharing secrets

by Mike McBride | posted in: Newsworthy | 1 |

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Marj, from the Survivors Can Thrive blog, left a comment and let me know about a new project she has started called Silence the Shame, which she describes as a secret-sharing space. I think it’s an interesting idea, creating a … Read More… Read More

23 Aug 2006

Once more on friendship

by Mike McBride | posted in: Child Abuse | 6 |

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Since we’ve been having all this discussion about friendship and relationships, I thought I would pose a question. When you tell people about your abuse or talk to them about specific issues surrounding it, suffering from depression for example, how … Read More… Read More

22 Aug 2006

Megan’s Law is bad law

by Mike McBride | posted in: Newsworthy | 1 |

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As if these sorts of stories weren’t completely predictable, it seems that yet again someone listed on an offender registry has been the victim of vigilante justice in Sacramento. Years ago, when every child protection agency in the country was … Read More… Read More

20 Aug 2006

Continuing a conversation

by Mike McBride | posted in: Observations | 1 |

Reading Time: 3 minutes

As the conversation continues in this entry about survivor’s struggle with friendship, I’m starting to notice a difficult trend when it comes to healing, and that is deciding what your motivation is. It’s a difficult question to answer, and something … Read More… Read More

Monthly Archives: August 2006

Final thoughts on friendship

Sharing secrets

Once more on friendship

Megan’s Law is bad law

Continuing a conversation

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