I have lived my whole life in a family environment marked by verbal and physical violence, which has made me hesitant to start my own family.... I remember that, when I was four years old, my mother would hit me, and those punishments left deep wounds that have led me to develop certain non-chemical addictions [...]
I am engaged and love my future husband, but there are things that have hurt me. On several occasions, when he has been furious, he has raised his hand against me and raised his voice. He always justifies it by saying that I made him angry. He is very anxious to get married, but I [...]
My husband and I have been married for ten years. We have two children, and during all this time, he has verbally abused me. At first, I kept quiet. I believed that, by staying silent, he would change.... But I’ve come to have suicidal thoughts, and feel anxiety and desperation.... I’ve even felt that I [...]
During my childhood, I suffered serious physical abuse from my mother. Several times I went to the hospital with severe injuries.... When my father abandoned us... my mother, in an act of desperation, asked me to take some pills to pretend that I wanted to commit suicide.... I was only eleven years old, so out [...]
A few years ago, I beat my son, harshly punishing him. He was six years old, and when his mom saw the bruises, she reported me for child abuse. I was sentenced to six years in jail. This month, not having any information about my son, I went to his mom’s workplace to find out [...]
It all started when I was four years old. I remember my mother whipping me with a leather strap with such force that my legs would end up scarred.... The punishments were always severe, applied with rage and accompanied by threats and even rejection sometimes.... When I was alone, I would hurt myself physically, [...]
In my almost thirty years of life, I have had two romantic relationships, but both were disasters. I suffered humiliations, mockery, lies, and deception. After the last relationship, I went to therapy a couple of times. Both men have moved on to new relationships, and... I can’t help feeling angry to see they’re apparently [...]
I have a brother whose wife left him because of physical and emotional abuse.... Now he’s living with another woman.... He is a macho manipulator.... Right now, both my brother and I live with my parents. All my life he has verbally abused me.... The last time he assaulted me physically. I have chosen [...]
It may be that my mother loves me, but she doesn’t like me, and I don’t like her.... When I was twenty, I moved away to another city, but my family problems keep following me. My mother comes to visit several months of the year. My father and mother don’t love each other anymore. She [...]
A few months ago, I moved to another country to live with my father. I am twenty-two years old, and my parents divorced twenty years ago.... My father is now with another woman, but he continues to loathe my mother. Ever since I moved in with him... he has become very violent. He hasn’t actually [...]
