Learn about writing real-life experiences in a journal, memoir, or blog to reflect on past experiences and overcome the fear of telling your abuse story.
It’s hard to overcome the fear of exposing secrets and telling what happened (your story of abuse) when you’re fearful of an abuser and carry the burdens of guilt and shame.
You might feel scared to share your experiences of child abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence because of your anxiety. You could find yourself wondering what others think about your decisions.
It takes great courage to overcome fear, acknowledge what happened, and expose the secrets of abuse.
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When You Find Love is a Poem by L.M. Carleton.
When you find love,
you’ve changed toxic behaviors.
When you find love,
you’ve overcome emotional anguish.
Upstate, New York. Mid 1980’s.
My father always had a way with words, and one day, in a moment of anger, his advice planted the healing seeds of faith. It happened after my husband destroyed all our wedding presents, except an elegant family Bible, in a fit of rage.
Several months later, he made me ask my father to purchase the Bible for drug money. I walked up the steps to his small apartment, knocked once, and opened the door. Stepping into the kitchen, I notice him sitting on the side of the bed in the next room.
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