Study on long term effects of abuse
Abuse victims report long-term poor health and depression. Researchers are puzzled by this, according to the article. I'm not surprised at all. Long after bruises fade one is still affected by the verbal abuse that was heard so many times it has become part of one's self image. It takes a lot of conscious effort to try to counteract that
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I think I'm going to go throw up.
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Reminds me of the poverty researchers who were equally puzzled by why poor people don't take all of their funds and risk them on starting a small business. I remember reading this passage and being just floored by the utter cluelessness of it all.
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Good gods - what funds??
It's like people asking wth Preston and I haven't bought a new car yet - and most people mean a brand spanking new car - because we've been without one since he totalled my 'rolla in October '07. One, we don't want or need a brand new car, and two we've tried to scrape up $2k for a used car, and it's just not happening.
I want a job where I can just sit smacking stupid, clueless people all day. It might help my temper.
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