Abuse

I have made some poor decisions, I see that now… I have a broken heart and no one understands… Sure he was my abuser for 31 years but I still have compassion for him and all my family… Divorce is never pretty; someone always gets hurt… My husbands’ birthday is…

Why You Should Read Paris Hilton’s New Memoir Before I read Paris: The Memoir, by Paris Hilton, my knowledge of Ms. Hilton was limited. I am a college-educated Gen X woman, a few years older than Paris Hilton. When she was becoming famous in the early aughts, I would have…

Abusive relationships and missing the chance to leave This article is for those who are living with an abusive person. Parent, lover, relative, caregiver, or “friend”. Sorry, for not listing all, but I am sure you understand my fatigue. We were in England. I was a few months from turning…

A few weeks ago, the tv show ‘The Last of Us’ aired an episode in which the main female character, Ellie, is put in a situation where she has to try and save her father figure, Joel. As she hunts for food and medicine she runs into a man named…

How Ketamine treatment enabled me to re-live a traumatic experience and find self-compassion 30 years after the event. — The second time of my life I had a panic attack, I was around 10 years old. I was in the Principal’s office at a school in Norway. I don’t remember how I got there, or what had happened. As the red mist of anger was dissipating, a number of…