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
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Allowing God to Affirm Me
It seems that victims (or former victims) of any kind of abuse hunger for validation in their hearts. Actually, not hunger -- starve. Recently, one of our anonymous contributors wrote this post. And I quote: When we are degraded and made to feel worthless and are unloved by the very one who is supposed to… Continue reading Allowing God to Affirm Me