We face death and heartache and abuse and loss and self-hatred and anxiety and fear and frustration, and yet, from all of that pain, we rise.
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Three Year Anniversary
I cannot believe this blog has been going for three years (6th January).
It has been a major part of my Healing Journey, and without it (and my son), I wouldn’t have come as far as I have.
My WP Family have been amazing. Thank you all for your support. I really appreciate it. ❤
I Bid Thee Farewell, 2014
I must admit, I have come across some wonderful people on WordPress, who have helped me with my journey along my healing path. Americana Injustica is definitely one of them. She is a beautiful, strong, creative individual. I am blessed to know her.
“Persia is raising a gladiator son, Maximus, on her own, in freedom these days” ~ Americana Injustica
2014 has brought me things that I never could’ve imagined receiving last year – most notably: a new family.
This is going to come off as super lame to most of my readers because we aren’t mushy are we? But guess what? When it comes to this ONE thing…I’m a total marshmallow.
On January 5 of 2014, I was suicidal; I had just been released from a 48 hour “shoelaces watch” at the local EPS facility; I was not necessarily at “rock bottom” (I still had a roof over my head and some cash in my pockets, no drug addictions actively hunting my veins, so I had that going, I guess), but I had given up on myself and my future and my daughter and hers. I had lost HOPE.
I did not open a blog with the expectation of finding answers or peace, support or any of the kindred…
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What I Want Those Trapped In Abuse To Know
“You are courageous. You are strong. You are beautiful. And you are so amazing. And you will smile, laugh, and love again.” – Thank you Amy.
1. You aren’t over-reacting, crazy, hypersensitive, lying, or wrong. If you feel you are being mistreated, there is a good reason for that. You are. If you are having doubts over exactly what may constitute certain types of abuse, you can read any of the following posts in my Another Side of Domestic Violence series for examples of what I endured. (There are now widely considered to be seven types of abuse: verbal, emotional, gas lighting, physical, sexual, financial, spiritual, and stalking / cyberstalking).
- Verbal an Emotional Abuse
- Gas Lighting
- Sexual Abuse
- Financial Abuse
- Spiritual Abuse
- Stalking and Cyberstalking
- IPV (Intimate Partner Violence) in the LGBT Community
- Children of Violence
- Beer and Rock – Shaken, not Stirred (Drug and Alcohol abuse in IPV relationships)
- Animal Abuse
2. You cannot change your partner. There is nothing you can do to stop the abusive partner from harming you. You cannot love them…
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Language Matters When Engaging Survivors of Domestic Violence in Discussion
Amy is spot on with this post.
Words have the power to be dangerous, and when you are speaking in terms of domestic abuse, semantics do matter. So often, statements and quotes offered up in attempt to encourage a survivor of domestic violence actually end up having the opposite effect. How many of us will internalize what you said without seeking clarification, maybe being influenced to change the meaning attached to the simplest of words that could result in us reassigning blame to ourselves? How many of us would momentarily protest but give up once we have been talked over enough? How many of us would speak up in our defense and make our voice heard?
Opening up and holding a dialogue open about how abuse happens is imperative. With the number of reported cases climbing, and taking into consideration the vast number of victims not coming forward, it is urgent that we talk openly about it…
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