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Old Oct 23, 2012, 10:53 AM
nicoleflynn nicoleflynn is offline
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THe Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans saved my mind and life after 31 years of verbal abuse in a "marriage" (and physical abuse also). I took the lifetime of trauma and did something with it. I wrote about my life and won a scholarship, and am a Freshman at 66 in social work/counseling.

My paper, Society's Hidden Pandemic: Verbal Abuse Precursor to Physical Violence and a Form of Biochemical Assault was accepted by the Michigan Counseling Association and I will be presenting my work on November 5th. I have been writing, talking and contacting the media for 15 years to talk about this terrible shredding of souls...soul murder.

Hugs, Nicole
P.S. THe statistics are 1 in 3 women living in silence fear and shame behind closed doors because of abuse..that is over 52 million in the U.S. alone


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I am writing because I was emotionally neglected and occasionally emotionally abused by my mom. I feel weird writing on the abuse forum because I realize that there are many people out there who endured physical and sexual abuse and I did not. But somehow the emotional abuse is so significant. I wish somehow society would have a greater awareness of the devastating effects of emotional neglect and abuse on a child/teenager. I grew up in a home where my mother never told me she loved me. she never hugged me. Mostly she just ignored me when she was angry. You could be in a room with her for an hour and she would never speak to you. When I got older she referred to me as a slut and accused me of trying to be seductive to my uncles. Which I would never do. She just seems to project all of her anger on to me. I wrote her a letter confronting her about this. She just denied it and said cruel things back to me. My father doesn't believe me and neither do my other siblings. they made me the black sheep of the family for telling the truth. Therapy and self help books and time have helped me heal. I toy with writing a book about emotional abuse someday.

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Old Oct 23, 2012, 10:54 AM
nicoleflynn nicoleflynn is offline
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Member Since: Jan 2012
Location: rochester, michigan
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THe Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans saved my mind and life after 31 years of verbal abuse in a "marriage" (and physical abuse also). I took the lifetime of trauma and did something with it. I wrote about my life and won a scholarship, and am a Freshman at 66 in social work/counseling.

My paper, Society's Hidden Pandemic: Verbal Abuse Precursor to Physical Violence and a Form of Biochemical Assault was accepted by the Michigan Counseling Association and I will be presenting my work on November 5th. I have been writing, talking and contacting the media for 15 years to talk about this terrible shredding of souls...soul murder.

Hugs, Nicole
P.S. THe statistics are 1 in 3 women living in silence fear and shame behind closed doors because of abuse..that is over 52 million in the U.S. alone
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Old Oct 25, 2012, 03:29 PM
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having a difficult childhood and a general lack of love or interest from my parents has left a hole in my soul,and nothing can fill it, the only consilation i have is that I promised myself that my children would be loved and cherished and given the childhood i never had, I cant change the past, but i know I can change the future.
I find it really heart wrenching what so many of you have gone through, it feels such a betrayal, that the parents who should have loved, protected and cherished us let us down so badly.
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