Doing Better

7/7/2015 Tonight I am angry.    That isn’t my default setting though.  Usually, I smile so much that I have to consciously tell myself not to do it.  That ain’t …

Self-doubt.  I think that one reason that some people can’t understand sexual violence is they don’t understand just how complicated it really is.   Some people think that after the …

Abusers control. That’s their No. 1 tactic to keep domestic abuse survivors simultaneously afraid of them and yet reluctant to leave them. Be it controlling a survivor’s ability to go …

(revised from original post 7/1/15) After the RiceLila married Jack. Things were fairy tale for a long time. And then the abuse started. Then it stopped. Then it never stopped. …

According to the CDC:   In 2013 (the most recent year for which full data are available), 41,149 suicides were reported, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death for Americans. …