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The lingering effects of childhood abuse can manifest in complicated ways, shaping how adult survivors of abuse see themselves and how they interact with others. Many survivors of childhood abuse adopt coping strategies to manage the psychological after-effects of the abuse, even if those strategies remain largely automatic or subconscious.
A habit, according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary.” We all have certain behaviors that have become habitual, actions so automated that we have no awareness we are engaging in them. Driving is a well-known example of a complex series
While in queue to order coffee one day not too long ago, I couldn’t help but hear the woman ahead of me in line speaking into her phone. “What I’m saying is that you don’t have to think about it at all,” she said. That was followed by a long
“Why did I do it? I love my wife, I have so much to lose, why?!” Many of the men I work with are seeking answers to questions like the one above. They’ve acted in ways they later regret and, at some point, they had to face the painful fallout
Secrets…everyone has some, right? And, as long as you keep them locked away, as long as they don’t escape and end up in the wrong ears, they’re harmless, right? Well… You start by keeping a secret; but the bigger the secret (in other words, the more vigilantly you feel you