Abuse Help & Abuse Support for Abuse Survivors

Abuse Support Center: Abuse and Recovery Information and Resources

The mere fact that so many different forms of abuse exist is frightening. When you consider that the above doesn't include all the possiblities its even more so. Abuse can be physical, mental, verbal, or even intimidation. Whether the abuse takes the form of Sexual Harassment, Bullying, or physical or emotional harm the results are serious. Victims (or Survivors) of abuse suffer a variety of problems such as low self-esteem, post-traumatic stress, and phobias. These effects linger and drive some to drastic measures. In most cases, the pain and anger of the survivor of abuse is acted out against themselves. This can take the form of self-injury such as cutting, or as eating disorders, and in some suicide. There are times that the pain and anger finds an external target... sometimes against their abusers, sometimes later in life against their family. Abuse has proven to be a factor in many school shootings as well. Don't stand for abuse, if you know someone who is abusing someone else, report them and stop the cycle of abuse.

Health After Trauma Project for Abuse Survival

Did you know that many victims of violence and abuse—even years after the abuse ends—are still suffering from severe health consequences of that abuse? These consequences include many common, sometimes severe, health conditions, such as chronic pain, headaches, stomach and cardiac problems, anxiety or depression, and gynecological disorders. These conditions can be so devastating that many victims are disabled and no longer able to work fulltime. The mission of the Health After Trauma Project is to address the long-term medical consequences of trauma and abuse.

Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center

Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center provides free, confidential services. A 24 hour, confidential, statewide, Crisis Support Line: 1-800-871-7741 - Providing; Support Groups for survivors of sexual assault and child sexual abuse, and for non-offending parents of children who have been sexually abused. Crisis intervention and information. Support and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and their families. Advocacy for survivors who chose to seek medical attention, report to the police, or go through the criminal justice system. Referral to appropriate agencies and individuals in the community. Community and professional education.

SOSA - Survivors of Spiritual Abuse

SOSA, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, poems, art, prose, self help, lists related links and web rings. SOSA is here as a resource for anyone who has been abused in any way in the name of a religion or spiritual belief. By spiritual and religious abuse, we mean abuse done in the name of, brought on by, or attributed to a belief system of the abuser or abuse from a religious leader. This can include Priests, Ministers, cult members, family members, or anyone abusing in the name of a deity or perceived deity. There is also an emphasis on those with MPD/DID, as this survival mechanism is used by many that are severely abused. SOSA now offers an open e-mail support list.

Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - Facility Locator

Looking for drug treatment programs and alcohol abuse treatment programs? Find the right drug abuse treatment program or alcohol abuse treatment program with the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Help with drug, narcotic and other substance abuse and addiction problems.

Suicide Prevention Help

Offers a thoughtful, caring Friendship Letter for those who are despairing and contemplating suicide. Browse the Web directory to find helpful suicide prevention resources from around the world or use the search tool to find needed information.

Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Support Forums and Resources

The Support Forum is modulated by fellow survivors and not by trained professionals, the effects of child sexual abuse on teen/adult survivors can be devastating, and couseling is recomended for all survivors. If your a survivor please know that personal therapy is crucial to your well being and recovery. Free counseling is available in USA through a nonprofit organization called VOCA. Or call your local rape crisis center for more details. How to Find a Therapist 1800 843-7274

Survivors of Sexual Assault & Other Abuse Help

Rape is a crime and must be stopped. The law is supposed to help but there really isn't strong enough laws or punishment for this crime. We live with it for the rest of our lives and are put through hell if we decide to go to the police and to court. My family and others have had a hard time being supportive because they don't understand and don't to want to understand. They don't want to listen and don't want to help which is fine because you can find help for these things in many places. I wanted to share with everyone resources on the Internet to help others like myself who have a rough time finding support from their families or the people who say they love them.

Symptoms of Emotional Abuse

Your depression may be caused by emotional abuse. Read about the symptoms and learn how your partner might be undermining your self-esteem. An abusive partner will railroad discussions, so that you don't have time to think about what's right and what's wrong in their behavior.

Treatment and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - Childhelp USA

Childhelp USA® is one of the largest and oldest national non-profits dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Since its founding in 1959 by Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, the organization has directly provided help and hope to millions of children and adults whose lives have been traumatized by child abuse. In addition to the Childhelp USA® National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD®, the charity directly serves abused children through residential treatment facilities (villages), child advocacy centers, group homes, foster care, child abuse prevention programs, and community outreach.

Verbal Abuse Support Resources - Groups

Verbal Abuse of Children, The Web site for Information on Verbal Abuse, by author Patricia Evans. The Verbal Abuse web site ushers in a new millennium of increased awareness. It reflects our growing knowledge of verbal abuse--one of the worst forms of abuse anyone can experience in any ongoing relationship or association. It serves as a link to resources and information about verbal abuse. The site will grow and change as we gather information. Indeed, it was only as recently as 1992 that verbally abusive relationships were named and described.

Working to Halt Online Abuse

The mission of WHOA is to educate the Internet community about online harassment, empower victims of harassment, and formulate voluntary policies that systems administrators can adopt in order to create harassment-free environments. WHOA fully supports the right to free speech both online and off, but asserts that free speech is not protected when it involves threats to the emotional or physical safety of anyone. WHOA further asserts that online harassment is about power in a community: a power structure that has tended to accept or ignore harassment rather than actively seek to cease it. Our volunteers work with people currently experiencing online harassment, and help others to learn how to avoid such harassment or minimize its impact if it does occur. Our president, Jayne Hitchcock, regularly speaks at various conferences and seminars, training law enforcement personnel and other interested parties. She also lobbies for better federal and state laws to deter cyberstalkers and give victims more options to stop harassment.

Abuse - MTC Online Forums

MTC has been in existance for 12 years. MTC Online provides forums, articles, resources, information to survivors of Ritual Abuse,Satanic Ritual Abuse, and those with Dissociative conditions such as Dissociative Identity Disorder. There is never a fee charged to participate in our forums. Our forums consist of different topic groups via e-mail list serv and a web based forum. MTC is managed by volunteer survivors who moderate our groups/forums to insure safety and the comfort of all participants.

Abuse Help - Dissociative Disorder Support Group

This support group is being offered to those people who have been diagnosed with any of the dissociative disorders such as DID, dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, etc. Dissociation can be defined on a continuum. On one end try to imagine yourself driving down the highway. Suddenly you have arrived at your destination but you cannot recall how you got there. You went through several traffic lights but you don't even recall whether the lights were red or green or how you made it to your destination. This is a form of mild dissociation and everyone does this. Continuing along this spectrum you can find yourself being very forgetful quite often. On the opposite end you would find dissociation defined as multiplicity which is now known as DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). DID is not an illness nor is it a disease. The individuals that have been diagnosed with this disorder are not crazy. They are survivors of severe childhood trauma and the long-term effects have caused these individuals problems on how to process current information and react to everyday life. If you would like to seek support or offer support to others with DID or other dissociative disorders please join our group. Anyone looking for info for projects, surveys, or is NOT legitmately DID (or believe they are but are not diagnosed yet) or a supporter of one are not welcome.

Abuse Help! Abused Survivors Support Group

This support group has been formed to offer an outstretched hand to adult survivors of abuse (physical, verbal, emotional or sexual abuse). You are not alone and I want you to know that. There is no such word as "dwelling" or that phrase "get over it already" because we all know that abuse from childhood takes a long time to get through and a whole lot of support. Join us on this list and email with others who understand your needs and wants. Seek support from others and be there to support them through their difficult times too. Anyone looking for info for projects, surveys, or is NOT legitmately verbally, physically, or mentally abused or NOT a supporter of one are not welcome.

Action on Elder Abuse - Support Us

Action on Elder Abuse is a national organisation that operates across the four nations of the British Isles. It is based in London. We are here To prevent abuse in old age by raising awareness, education, promoting research and the collection and dissemination of information. We are here To provide a national information and advice service and provide guidance for the prevention of, and action on, the abuse of older people.

APSAC - American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is a nonprofit national organization focused on meeting the needs of professionals engaged in all aspects of services for maltreated children and their families. Especially important to APSAC is the dissemination of state-of-the-art practice in all professional disciplines related to child abuse and neglect.

Archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study List

The full archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study List - links, articles, and resources regarding Pathological Narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists, and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

(CASA) Center Against Spouse Abuse - Support Groups

CASA, located in St. Petersburg, FL offers information about Domestic Violence, legal advocacy, public awareness and education, crisis and safety planning, and related links. Support Groups offer a safe, non-threatening environment in which survivors of domestic violence validate each other's feelings, give one another support, and share coping ideas and experiences. These support groups help provide a major step in the recovery process. A process that is ongoing because of the crisis and trauma of domestic violence. Call (727) 895-4912 (option 2) for more information on these groups or any of CASA's services to survivors of domestic violence. Domestic Violence support groups are open ended in nature with ongoing discussion and are self directed by the group. The support groups meet in a community setting and are free of charge and self-supporting. These support groups include information pertaining to, but not limited, the cycles of violence, the power and control wheel, characteristics of abusers, emotional abuse index, safety planning, the correlation between domestic violence and substance abuse and the effects of domestic violence on children and pregnancy.

Child Abuse Prevention Network - Cornell University

The child abuse prevention network provides resources for professionals, in child abuse, neglect, maltreatment, sex abuse, child sexual abuse, and family and community violence. The Nerve Center for Child Abuse Prevention.

Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources

Child Abuse: This page, by Jim Hopper, Ph.D., has a discussion and presentations of statistics on child abuse, especially child sexual abuse, and a list of Web resources for survivors of child abuse. I am a researcher and therapist with a doctorate (Ph.D.) in clinical psychology. I have conducted survey research on rates of child abuse. I have also studied the lasting effects of child abuse - initially the psychological and behavioral effects in men, more recently effects on biology and the regulation of emotion. I am a licensed clinical psychologist, and for 15 years I have been a therapist to men and women abused in childhood, providing individual and group treatment.

Christian Abuse Survivors Forums

This forum is a safe place for survivors of abuse to honestly deal with their hurt, and their issues in a Christian fellowship. We spend time working through issues as a group, supporting each other as friends. It is a forum for those genuinely wanting to heal from their pasts, and move on into true survivorship!

Domestic Abuse Help: resources for victims and survivors

This site has been created to reach out to victims and survivors of domstic abuse. We offer information and a safe place to speak through creativity and community. There is help and understanding. There is also healing from the effects of domestic abuse.

Domestic Violence/Spouse Abuse Support Groups - Charlotte, NC - SupportWorks

SPOUSE ABUSE and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - SupportWorks directory of support groups and other resources in Charlotte, NC addressing Domestic Violence. Support groups in Mecklenburg County (NC), Nonprofit agencies in Mecklenburg County (NC) and Other resources such as internet links, national support groups, and toll-free telephone numbers.