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Hell on earth is not a place but a state of mind!
Have you lived in fear, cowered when a hand is raised, felt empty and alone, or felt that your life has been stolen from you because anxiety and depression is nipping at your heals? Is your laughter gone? Has your spirit been broken, and the word hope is no longer in your vocabulary? I was once in that dark place of no return. My mind, body, heart and soul were broken into a million pieces, and the fear running through my veins were earth shattering. My brain was numb to all rational thinking and thoughts of suicide were like taking a common every day breath. The only thing that saved me was a moment of clarity to realize that I couldn't leave my young children behind with this person I was married to. My isolation and captivity was complete. I am still in counseling for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) 3 years later, but I am finding out who I really am for the first time in my life. I am loving, smart, funny, and most of all I have learned that I am a good wife and a good mother after 21 years of hearing I wasn't good enough for anything. My life has been forever changed, and life is good. Challenges still arise, but with my new husband and my family always there for me with unconditional love and support I am
making it one day at a time.
My dream is that one day divorce courts will address mental, verbal and psychological (emotional) abuse as a prosecutable offense. The scars run deep and wide with all forms of abuse, just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they don't exist.Research is starting to show that mental abuse is longer lasting to its victims than physical abuse. I can now say I am a survivor!
Hope is something I never had, until my escape became a reality not a dream. Hope is now a wonderful word in my vocabulary, and fear is a thing of the past. My number one goal is to finish school with a PHD degree in Pyschology so that I can help women and men, who are still in that dark place of no return and to keep my children safe and showing them that they are loved. I want to show victims that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and a freedom of the soul they never thought possible. Abused women and men need to know that there is life after they go through hell on earth, a traumatic experience, that will forever change who they are and who they can be.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Scars of Domestic Violence: My Son is Now an Adult!

The Scars of Domestic Violence: My Son is Now an Adult!

I get it, my ex-husband is also a narcissist, but he still has parenting rights, and my children are so messed up emotionally, verbally, and physically tha I live through my personal horror through them now.  They are a lot younger and don't understand what he is doing to them. My ex also believes that he is above the law, and rules don't apply to him, the sad thing is he is so manipulative that he gets away with it. I am having to learn that being a protective mom is not always a good thing, because it makes me look like I am being vinfictive instead of trying to protect my children from a monster, when my only goal is to make sure they are safe. CPS has been called on him 3 times now for physical abuse, and they have done nothing, and I am not the one who called. It is sad and hurtful to watch my children struggle, they love their dad, but when his true colors come through to them they hate him.  There is a really good book by Nina W Brown called Children of the self-aborbed, A grown up guide to getting over Naricisstic parents.  I have not been able to read the whole book yet, because it is so close to home and makes me cry even 3 years later, but it might be worth a read for you and your children. You might also look at by blog Freedom Gives Hope for more insights and books. I have learned that knowledge is strength and power.

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