PUBLIC ENTRY

( Discussion of control as it relates to abuse, including: abusers' common traits; abusers needing to exert control after being abused themselves; our loss of control and power through abuse; our attempts to regain that control. )

Today I got an e-mail from my mother in which she said that, since I "refuse" to have a relationship with her, she will no longer be providing me with any financial support ( Read more... )

I have an insane need to share my story. I've kept quiet about it long enough, and I'm bursting in need of support; people who know what I'm going through, people who care.

( Cut for Triggers: Abuse, Cutting, and a Suicide Attempt (plus its long) )

Hey guys, it's been awhile since I've had something to say.

cut for drug references...( Read more... )

As survivors of abuse, we have felt the pain of being forced under someone else's control. For many survivors, because of that loss of control, we often feel safest when we have some aspect of control over a situation. Whether it's needing to know a restaurant before feeling safe eating there, or whether it's needing to have our pots and pans put ( Read more... )

Thanks for all your input. Part of it is just being scared and wanting to be in control. So I probably have an instinctual lash-out toward any threatening phrases, even if they aren't true, or even that threatening ( Read more... )