ABUSE SURVIVOR

True story about child abuse from an actual survivor

Young Woman shares story of love, violence and reconciliation now advocates with her abuser and pleads with Rhianna to testify against Chris Brown.

People need to be made aware of what it really means to be a child abuse survivor so they know better how to deal with the perpetrators.

Healing the wounds of incest and childhood sexual abuse is truly a life-long process, and I am certain that the same push-pull will remain for a season.

Josh Osborne has survived a heart transplant, abuse at the hands of his parents and three years of dialysis.

The term Addiction to Abuse is an abuse of the word addiction. Without a sense of rightful control. It is both hypocritical and hauntingly ironic.

This is about a television show I saw this morning. Beth Moore was using an analogy from a book written by Gilda Radner. She compared it to those who have been victims of sexual abuse.

Yoga can be a powerful healing tool in recovering from childhood abuse. Yoga helps the abuse survivor to reconnect with his body and learn how to live in the present.

Many adult survivors of childhood abuse struggle with self-injury. The root cause is the abuse survivor's inability to express her emotions. As she learns how to give her emotions a voice, her need to self-injure will abate.

An important part of recovery for sexual abuse survivors is self care. Self care is a great way to rejuvenate and feel whole as a person again. To help get some self care ideas for sexual abuse survivors, I have interviewed therapist Dr. Gilda Josephson.

A look at covert verbal abuse, and withholding abusive behavior.

Many abuse survivors have learned that touch is a terrifying thing. Massage therapy can help them learn to reconnect with their bodies and the pleasure of touch, but it must be done safely.

Statistics say that children who are abused as children will grow up with problems. I say that it isn't always true.

An article about Emotional Abuse and it's effect on people.

Childhood abuse is a tragic situation. Those that survive it carry the memory of it with them for the rest of their lives.

After being rescued from his abusive parents in 2004, Josh Osborne is thriving, even while enduring daily dialysis treatments as he waits for a kidney transplant.

Informative article on the subject of emotional abuse. Advice on how to recognize an abuser, break free from an unhealthy relationship and how to move on with your life.

We cannot work ourselves out of the things that slow our steps, hinder our progress and hold us in bondage to the abuse.

This is an age-old issue that must be addressed. In this piece, I talk about my own personal experience with childhood sexual abuse as an African-American female and discuss some interesting study results about childhood sexual abuse in African-American families.

The many forms it can take

Forgiveness can be a real challenge for adult survivors of childhood abuse.

Healing from child abuse involves taking responsibility for your life decisions.

There are healing challenges specific to mother-daughter sexual abuse that are not generally present when healing from other forms of child abuse.

An adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse who seeks counseling is going to demand more of a counselor than an adult who did not encounter that kind of trauma as a child.