Update from Barb Roberts, July, 2025. I no longer agree with the views expressed by the Guest poster below. The reason I'm not deleting her blog post is that if I deleted the post, the comments would also be scrubbed. I don't believe in de-voicing any victim of abuse. Patrick Carnes is DANGEROUS. I'll soon… Continue reading Chains that bind us to betrayal and the key to being set free
Tag: survivors’ stories
That fake smile I pasted on
I tried to fake it 'til I made it. I really did. I was looking through old pictures trying to find something. In all the pictures with X I look like there's a thumbtack in my shoe. I have such a grimace of a smile. I still remember the sick feeling in my stomach that… Continue reading That fake smile I pasted on
