You Know My Wrath

Therapy and Secondary Abuse

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 17:42:13 GMT

As a therapist going to therapy, what helped and what was lost in looking for outside help to leave.

The Dread of Holidays

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:48:12 GMT

The control over everyone's emotions during holidays can be draining for victims, and empowering for an abuser.

The First Time I Tried To Break Free

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:37:55 GMT

In this reading we hear of her first attempt to break free, and the violence that follows. Also, we hear first hand a few of the harassing voicemails left on the family's answering machine.

She's Just PMSing

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:50:52 GMT

Details of the first incident of physical abuse, and examining the trauma bonding that occurs in an abusive relationship.

A Story Told In My Mother's Words

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:45:58 GMT

In 2008, my mother died, and in searching for her will, I found these handwritten notebooks filled with stories about my her life with my abusive father. She used her writing both as a healing exercise, and to inspire her dissertation on domestic abuse for her PhD in psychotherapy. This is a story told in my mother's words...

The Words That Waged My War. A Conclusion.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 17:47:55 GMT

The final effects of leaving her abusive situation, waging a war with her partner. Final reading.