Note: this post ("I am abused". Those words are so hard to say. [Internet Archive link]) was first published at my [old] notunderbondage blog before I'd made contact with Jeff Crippen and joined ACFJ. [Click here for the home page of the new Not Under Bondage website. Editors.] *** Every survivor of abuse will identify… Continue reading “I am abused.” Those words are so hard to say
Category: Victims
how victims are affected by and respond to abuse, awakening from the fog, getting free, healing & recovery, hope
Emotional Coma, or Vegetative Depression
It was very difficult for me to admit to anyone that I had experienced an "emotional coma" (that's what I was calling it). It happened twice that I can remember, possibly three times in my first (highly dysfunctional) marriage. My emotions would become overloaded and they would shut down. I went to bed and stayed… Continue reading Emotional Coma, or Vegetative Depression
