Living proof of life after abuse - Domestic Violence

Being in denial of the abuse. Wanting to hold the family together.

The abuse' impact on our children... Spoke of how her son now behaves as his father did.

"So it comes back again to the self and valuing yourself and knowing you are more than the nasty word, the slap, and what have you. The insults. The physical abuse. The mental and emotional abuse, verbal abuse. The financial deprivation. The taking away. The put downs and what have you."

"I think that is what is important and remembering to go back to that little fertile, virgin part of ourselves that we have saved and to re-design it there so that we're no longer looking externally for the validation but internal validation coupled with the right kind of support will get us to where we're going."

"I am living proof there is life after abuse, that we can re-design our lives, we can re-structure and we can go on. And we can take wings and we can fly because we have chosen to do so. We have chosen a new path and as we walk, not just putting one foot in front of the other but because we have decided that we are going to take wings and fly that we are going to be all that we are and then some. That we are going to recognize the joy and the beauty and our unique selves that we have re-designed and re-created. Then we are open to all the new possibilities, to all the new things and realizing all our potential... That we can do this but we can do this together."
www.sharedvalues.ca/bda.html

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[earthtomel]

Thank you for posting this. I am trying to get my nerve up to post a video too.

You gave me more courage.....