Speak out! Are you in a relationship that is in a constant burning roller-coaster ride, that consists of verbal, emotional, spiritual, and physical abuse? You are in a fog of what to do, or even how to escape.There is a way out! First, you need to be familiar with the character of your abuser, what draws you to a narcissistic abuser, how to safely remove yourself from the relationship, and to begin the healing process.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest and confessional memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself."I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that...

This is a memoir of incest and, as such, the contents of this book constitute a work of nonfiction.Introduction:“Big blue eyes; Tiny little figure; Stand back boys, ‘til I get a little bigger.”I remember the words and the singsong manner in which they were repeated to me time and again by my uncle. Then he would smile at me and play “got your nose” as he swiped his thumb and fingers across my nose. I would laugh, thinking what a fun ...

Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten. Every day in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.Best friends, Kim and Trina get a big reality check when the men they love have more love of money, the streets, sex, and revenge. Total denial sneaks into the forefront and causes them to be blinded. Physical & mental abuse, death and the penitentiary delivers them a hand that’s too hard to play.Will the truth of their reality sm...

Conventional wisdom says that women are the manipulative ones - but tell that to the thousands of desperate women suffering at the hands of a manipulative man. Men can be just as sneaky, passive-aggressive, needy, underhanded, whiny, guilt-inducing, and emotionally demanding as women are accused of being - and more so!As any woman in love with a manipulative man can tell you, it's not easy to get past his charm and your guilt to a place where you can see your relationship for what ...

A heartbreaking tale of a Mother struggling to be a mom in a relationship of heartache. A daughter willing to stand between her mom and and the mental illness that enclosed her father. This story reminds us all to consider mental health and how it effects us all. Mental health issues are real and this story is a true story.This novel contains graphic and adult content, it may not be suitable for younger readers.

IN A SEQUEL to his highly-acclaimed debut novel, Upcountry, R.M. Doyon returns his readers to Upstate New York and the tragic lives of the Schumacher family. It is a sultry Labor Day weekend in 2010 and the clan is gathering at a large lake in the shadows of the Adirondacks to celebrate a milestone in Hubie Schumacher’s life—and to bring some closure to the events of that fateful Thanksgiving nearly four years before.Upcountry readers will recogni...

The objective of this book is to inform you how to identify the toxic individuals that compromise and contaminate your life. It outlines strategies for communicating your concerns to them and then, if and when necessary, describes the process for ejecting them from your life, physically, psychologically, neurologically and emotionally.Once you've done this, you free up vital energies for doing things that you want to do, and no longer need to pay any attention to them.Compreh...

This book is specifically designed to meet the needs of women who have found the courage to leave an abusive relationship but find themselves struggling to reclaim their power. Once a victim of abuse finds the courage to physically move away from her offender, the next logical, but a sometimes overwhelming step is to learn how to venture forward to a life of positive choices and empowerment.Using a proactive, practical approach to recovery, the book includes various activities, whi...

"Accompaniment means to walk with those who suffer. I learned how to accompany refugees in war zones in El Salvador, offering protection against military attack with my physical presence. I learned how to be accompanied when my work in Central America became the catalyst for my own healing from years of emotional, sexual and physical abuse, primarily at the hands of my mother." Linda CrockettCombining the personal narrative of a survivor of incest with stories from El Salvadors blo...

Surrounded by violence, prostitution and alcoholic abuse, the familys options were very limited.The author explains their experiences with a philosophical view.How he and his brothers faced their circumstances and their efforts in finding ways to get by.With occasional concerns of others and the One upstairs, they managed to survive and avoid becoming victims of the unfavorable influences that were all around them.You will often hear of individual hardship situations.Poverty and hu...

Learn powerful techniques for healing the scars of early sexual abuse in gay men!The first book of its kind, Gay Men and Childhood Sexual Trauma: Integrating the Shattered Self addresses the specific therapeutic needs of gay men in recovery. All too often, gay men hide their childhood memories of being sexually victimized, because of fear, shame, and the stigma of stereotypes which equate homosexuality with child abuse. Some gay men may view these histories as “rites of passage” and dismis...