Domestic Abuse: Are You a Victim?
February 17, 2010 by Cathy
Filed under Domestic Abuse, New on DWO, Physical & Sexual Abuse, Verbal & Emotional Abuse, cathymeyer
Submitted by: Cathy
Domestic abuse is about control and power, usually a man getting and keeping control and power over a woman. To simplify it, someone who commits domestic abuse is a control freak, and for the sake of argument, we are going to use the pronoun “he.” An abuser can’t feel good about himself unless [...]
Growing Up and Growing Apart Part II
June 23, 2009 by delainem
Filed under Coping, Domestic Abuse, Verbal & Emotional Abuse
He did not set out to be abusive. He felt that punching a wall was an acceptable way of getting rid of his anger. He and I both believed that we were lucky that he had such good self control when we’d look at the hole in the door. It was so out-of-character for him [...]
Growing Up and Growing Apart Part I
June 21, 2009 by delainem
Filed under Domestic Abuse, Verbal & Emotional Abuse
Growing up, all I wanted to be was a mother. After high school, I was shipped off to college without complaint but also without the desire to go. I just wanted to have a home, a peaceful home, filled with children and cooking aromas and flowers in the garden.
I married a nice boy from a [...]
