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Has anyone confronted, or written to their ab*ser?

There's been some research that if offenders are confronted with the reality of what it's done to the survivor, they are more likely to change and not reoffend.

My counsellor says to write would be better for me than to confront in person.

Don't worry, I won't write 'I want to kill you and these are the ways I've considered doing it...' ...

My boyfriend of almost two years was just diagnosed with Schizophrenia in April. Mental illness runs in his family like wildfire....but up until his symptoms started(about 6 weeks before being hospitalized) he thought that he was in the clear since being the age of 38.

He is my world. I would do anything for him. But the thing is...I am in Michigan...and he is in Texas. He is living there taking care of his father ...

so we were walking onetime in the mall and a girl came up to us and i didnt know who she was so i was confused when she tried to hug us and then chandra and josie found her at pride and they are frends with her and it bugs me because she is very weird and i dont like her because she tried to hug us at the mall

the girl slept over this ...

Hi we're new here and we need to know if someone wants to post should they make a new user because this is Chandras name and she uses it everywhere because she signed up or should we let you know who it is.

I hope we can post this

Hi everyone, my name is Nick. I don't know if this is the correct forum to place this under but it has to do with abuse from within a religious community that is Christian.

I'm a 33 year old male who is a Christian. I went to a religious college that was from a conservative but mainstream Christian denomination to become a Youth Pastor when I was 19 until 24 years of age.

During those ...

Hi I'm 26 years of age. I live in the UK. I grew up without my father. I've never met him and have no idea where or who he is. My mother raised myself and my twin brother on her own until we were 2 years old, when she met her current husband. I had a lot of difficulty establishing a relationship with her partner from a very young age and only recently have been ...

I teach Adults (English as a Second Language) and have always had a very difficult time with anxiety when class begins and more or less throughout the day. I'm OK BEFORE and AFTER class, when students are not present, but the moment one or two start to trickle in in the morning, I get the heart-race, hyperventilation, hyperness, etc. And if I'm not 100% prepared for the day (with all my copies made and almost ...

i have someone else in my head that i talk to his real name is kaizo hence my name on this but i used to think he was my mind and that like everyone has but sometimes he can come out and control my body he can do what he wants no one really seems to notice but its as if im still there but im him.

so just wonderin is it usual do any ...

My brother has been delusional for around 5 yrs now. It started in his early 40's and has gotten worse over time. He trusts no one. He thinks the government has spent billions of dollars trying to kill him. They put a chip in his shoulder to track him. They communicate via cell phones to track him. They harrass him wherever he goes. They torture him with ultrasonic weapons from drones flying miles above. They ...

I have suffered from eating disorders for a long time now.... i am still at a normal, healthy weight, in fact a little under... but i can't stop eating! i do lots of exercise like basketball and swimming and walking, but i always stuff my face uncontrollably.... i'm disgusted with myself for my binge eating... i hate myself for it, i really do.

I don't expect any help. I just want to meet people who ...