Articles on Family Violence

How to Make an Anonymous Report to Child Protective Services

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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All children deserve to grow up in nurturing and safe homes. Child abuse (whether it be physical, sexual or emotional) will negatively impact the victim for a lifetime. If you have a reasonable suspicion that a child is being maltreated, it is ... more »

How to Survive the Childhood Abuse Healing Process

By FaithAllen

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The process of healing from childhood abuse is extremely painful. After a lifetime of feeling numb, the abuse survivor must choose to feel all of the anger, grief, terror and pain that he repressed throughout his traumatic childhood. These ... more »

How to Trust After Childhood Abuse

By FaithAllen

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The inability to trust is a hallmark of childhood abuse. After being betrayed as a child, it is hard for the adult survivor of childhood abuse to risk trusting again. Many adult survivors of childhood abuse question whether learning how to trust ... more »

How to Control your anger

By smilesatme1

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What makes you mad? Why do you have bad temper? Well, I think that everyone feels mad or anger for something that others do to them that against their will. If something happens that you cannot accept it right away or you will never be then your ... more »

How to Cope With Anger

By eHow Health Editor

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Curb your anger the next time you're close to flying off the handle and doing something you may regret... more »

How to deal with a alcoholic spouse

By imaqueen1975

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dealing with alcoholism in a relationship... more »

How to Deal With Flashbacks After Child Abuse

By FaithAllen

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People who were abused as children often struggle with flashbacks as adults. A flashback is a memory that the brain stored in a different way because of the terror surrounding the event. In most cases, the information in the flashback was ... more »

How to heal from child abuse

By free2fly

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How to start the healing process when you are an adult survivor of child abuse... more »

How to Heal the Inner Child After Child Abuse

By FaithAllen

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When most people think about an inner child, they think about the joy from childhood that they left behind as they entered the adult world. For the adult survivor of child abuse, the inner child is much different. Rather than leaving behind a ... more »

How to Help a Battered Wife

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Domestic violence is an assault on the physical and psychological makeup of a person. Many battered wives remain in denial or, worse yet, think the problem is their fault. Showing your willingness to help by being proactive will lay a good ... more »

How to Help a Child With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

By Lori Lucero

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Some children who experience trauma develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. While PTSD must be diagnosed by a mental health professional, caring adults can help children exposed to traumatic events by knowing what signs and symptoms to ... more »

How to Identify a Victim of Elderly Abuse

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Elderly people who are dependent on others for care can fall victim to physical, emotional and financial abuse or neglect. Here's how to spot potential problems... more »

How to Identify a Victim of Spousal Abuse

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Spousal abuse may take the form of physical, emotional, sexual or financial abuse and verbal threats of violence... more »

How to Leave an Abusive Husband

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Women in abusive marriages often have husbands who isolate them from their friends, tell them they are worthless, destroy property, keep unreasonable control over finances, threaten violence or physically injure them. Many women feel there is no ... more »

How to Move on After a Verbally Abusive Relationship

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Verbal abuse is toxic to both the mind and body. It seeps into every aspect of your life and leaves your spirit broken. Verbal abuse scars run deep and stay with you long after the relationship has ended. It is important to take the necessary ... more »

How to Validate a Repressed Memory After Child Abuse

By FaithAllen

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People who have suffered severe trauma often repress memories of the traumatic events in order to survive their childhoods. When the survivor of child abuse becomes an adult and is ready to heal from her traumatic past, she might begin having ... more »

How to Decide Whether to Confront Abuser After Child Abuse

By FaithAllen

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Part of healing from child abuse is deciding whether to confront your abuser as an adult. Some people feel a strong need to confront their abuser face-to-face, while others choose to send a confrontational letter. Confronting an abuser is not a ... more »

How to Find a Battered Women's Shelter

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Getting yourself and your children to safety must be your primary concern... more »

How to Get Help if You're Being Abused

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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The following information is based on materials from the Santa Barbara Domestic Hotline, the Shelter Services for Women, and the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women... more »

How to Heal Emotional Flashbacks After Child Abuse

By FaithAllen

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Adult survivors of child abuse often struggle with emotional flashbacks. An emotional flashback happens when something in your life today triggers an out of proportion emotional reaction based upon something that happened in the past. For ... more »

How to Identify a Victim of Child Abuse

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Child abuse can come in four different forms: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse or neglect. Look for common signs that abuse may be a part of a child's life... more »

How to Identify a Victim of Physical Child Abuse

By eHow Health Editor

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Most cases of child abuse are never reported. To help prevent child abuse, learn to recognize its signs... more »

How to Love Self After Childhood Abuse

By FaithAllen

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Most adult survivors of childhood abuse have a very hard time learning to love themselves. They see themselves through their abusers' eyes, and they hate what they see. Learning how to love yourself is the foundation for healing from childhood ... more »

How to Recognize if You are a Victim of Domestic Violence

By margnorton

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Recognize the warning signs of domestic violence before you become a statistic.. more »

How to Understand Your Legal Rights as a Battered Woman

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Know that you are entitled to be safe and that there are state and public agencies, courts and shelters that are ready to assist you in your pursuit of safety... more »

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