Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
I used to lay awake at night thinking of ways to make X suffer; to punish him for his abuse. I talked about this a bit in the I left him because I loved him post. How could I make him know how much he'd hurt me? How could I get revenge? I didn't want to… Continue reading Trying to get revenge on an abuser is like trying to teach a fish to climb a tree
How many times have you tried to explain things to your abusive spouse with the hope that maybe this time he will "get it"? Dr. George Simon explains [Internet Archive link]1 why most of the time this effort produces no change in the abuser, only frustration for the victim: You have to understand that CDs… Continue reading Thursday Thought — The Frustration of Explaining things to an Abuser
