Caring Matters
The first step to recovery from childhood trauma is acknowledging the hurts and feeling the pain. Being emotionally, physically, or sexually abused is unbearable for a child. When no resolution is in sight, the only [Read More]
I’m so lonely (so lonely) I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely) I have nobody (I have nobody) To call my own (to call my own) Akon’s song so aptly expresses the anguish of the feeling. The [Read More]
Groping, touching, brushing, lewd comments, unwanted glances, and attention are not something women have to only deal with on the street, at school/college, at their jobs, or in the park. Sadly, for many of us, [Read More]
Most parents are guilty of having lost their temper with their child/children. Sometimes even a minor misdemeanor is enough to trigger a parent into violence. Why does it happen? Unfortunately for most of us, our [Read More]
The pain is so intense that you can actually feel a knife in your heart. You feel like pulling out your hair. You want to stab into something. Many a time to release the pain [Read More]
One is always shocked at the sudden death of a young person. More so, when a person chooses to end his/her own life. Why People Commit Suicide? Suicide is an extreme solution to seemingly insurmountable problems. [Read More]
After years of being so tuned to every nuance, tone, word, and action of others, I am slowly beginning to feel free of the expectations of others. I am no longer hypervigilant. I don’t feel [Read More]
When one is suffering from depression or C-PTSD, all one feels like doing is just lying down and shutting the world out. The pain is so intense that nothing seems to ease the torment, at [Read More]
Many parents totally disregard their children’s feelings when they are young and then magically expect them to feel positive emotions when they are adults. All I remember of my childhood after my mother died was [Read More]
Growing up Catholic, the concept of forgiveness was deeply ingrained in my psyche. According to the Bible, if someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. And how many times shall [Read More]