There are millions of survivors of past abuse
as well as adults and children
that are dealing with abuse today.
Abuse Survivors -- Holding Onto Hope
There are millions of survivors of past abuse
as well as adults and children
that are dealing with abuse today.
If Child Abuse was an epidemic with
a physiological basis,
billions of dollars would be spent on research and treatment.
As A survivor of Sexual, Physical,
and Emotional abuse,
I suffer greatly even today
trying to find a way to have normal relationships
and fight the depression and constant thoughts
of self-injury that has plagued me.
I know the pain of the abuse itself and also the hard work to live each
day
even after the abuse has ended.
Sandi's Pack
Who we are
Child Abuse statistics show Abuse strikes
an excess of
one and a half million to two million children a year,
Affecting their emotional health for the rest of their lives.
No one recognizes that the after affects
of this childhood "disease" continue throughout life.
Society doesn't easily recognize that the emotional wounds
of childhood abuse continue into and throughout adulthood.
It is easy for others to ignore, downplay and deny
the reality of emotional wounds that needs what seems like
a lifetime to heal.
Abused Children do not automatically
grow up to be happy adults.
Some adults who were abuse as children
manage to patch together semi-normal lives
while others become self-destructive, attempting suicide or
repeatedly placing themselves in positions to be harmed.
A feeling of craziness can overtake because,
mixed into the abuse always seems to be some moments
of real caring and tenderness
Flashbacks are common and triggers
can be found
in commonplace incidents such as
A song on the radio,
A face on TV
The sound of footsteps,
A word or a phrase…
There are an infinite number of reminders of the abuse.
Flashbacks bring in a strange urge to run or disassociate from situations
and may trigger uncontrollable and unpredictable bursts of violence
directed at survivor themselves or at others.
It is extremely important for children
to feel loved...
to feel wanted
and ultimately to be able to develop a sense of trust
in the environment and in the people who care for them.
Being that an abused child does not feel these things,
that is the foundation of more problems.
Abuse affects all relationships in
a person's life.
Fear that the survivor will be rejected is the root of relationship chaos.
Survivors tend to send those involved with them on emotional roller coasters.
The frequency and intensity of highly emotionalized events,
the testing of personal reality, as well as the survivors intense hunger
for affection and love
tend to burn out the people in the survivors life.
A survivor may attempt to hold onto
a failing relationship
by changing themselves into whatever or whomever the other person wants.
Yet ultimately the patterns of intensive situations
will be too much for many to take causing the relationship to fail
and thus causing rejection for the survivor.
I have found some resources
to help assist those that are somehow related to a survivor
as well as the survivors themselves
that are healing from the horror,
and Holding onto Hope.
I hope these are of some help to you.
Abuse
Resources
I have written a poem that goes with the
picture that you see here...
If you are interested in reading it...
Or My other Poetry...
Click the Following Link to
Poetry
By Sandi's Pack
Drawings By Sandi's
Pack
Types
of Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Physical Abuse
Sexual Assault
Rape
Domestic Violence
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