Abuse

  • This is why I do this..

    I’m sitting in my office crying. Thankfully the door’s shut and there’s no one standing outside knocking at the moment, because if they were, they’d have to figure out just why the hell I’m sitting in my office with tears rolling down my face and I don’t think I could even tell them. This is…

  • New link

    Found another blog being written by an abuse survivor over the weekend, Shattered Dollhouse. Seems like I’ve been finding a few more lately, or maybe they’re finding me, eh? Obviously I’m glad to see more people openly talking about abuse and surviving, but at the same time, I’m sad that there are so many of…

  • Enjoying

    Enjoying Read something today over in this post on Subversive Harmony. There’s a whole bunch of stuff in the post but as I was reading this line struck me: “Do things you enjoy because you enjoy them, and enjoy the things you do on their own terms. Anything else is icing.” Way back in the…

  • What you don’t see

    Someone recently sent me an email and talked about how “brave” I was to have this site out here, and how strong I must be to own what happened to me the way I do on here. My response, other than being very humbled and honored, was to tell this person that it’s not as…

  • New link

    A new entry to the blogroll, under the abuse survivor wing you’ll find Leah’s Survivor/Thriver weblog. As always, I’m open to other suggestions of blogs for the “Inpirational Blogs” wings!

  • 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…