You wormed your way into my mind, and burgled my virtue. You turned all the mirrors askew inside my head and I lost my way. You dropped a stolen flower on my bed, to pacify me And turned everything around so completely I thought I was the intruder. -’Robbery’, Gaye Rowley Calling it abuse There …
Abuse is an enormous problem, affecting millions, made difficult to see. Not only is it usually hidden and shrouded in denial, but it’s obscured by the fact that it’s hard to understand. Why would adults revert to hitting or belittling the person with whom they are supposed to be close? In addition, myths about the …
In an abuser’s mind, he isn’t being “abusive” or “controlling”, he’s expressing anger. It’s common for the abuser to feel “attacked” by his victim, although a clearer perspective shows she has not attacked him or abused him, she has only expressed an opinion or practiced some act of self determination. The abuser often tries to …
