Abuse

Trauma is an unfortunate thing. Recovering from it can take months to years depending on the level of severity, and the individual who has experienced the trauma. Then, even when you think you’ve put it behind you, it can come back to rear its ugly…

In the last few years, the word trauma has become a bit of a buzzword. It could be because more people are choosing to live life more authentically – whether they are polyamorous, LGBT+, or into kink and BDSM – and as a result, experiencing…

For the 3rd, and final for this round, discussion on Interpersonal Violence, we will talk a bit about how to survive / help survivors of abuse.  Before Abuse Abusers have a highly accurate, internal radar for potential people to trap… to the surprise of many…

Last week we looked briefly at the types of abusers most often encountered. This week we will look at numerous, common types of abuse. People are complex, multifaceted, and creative… unfortunately so are the many forms abuse can take. This list tried to be thorough,…

In the programming world there is Linus’ Law, with enough eyes, all bugs are shallow. With enough people watching every concern becomes obvious. In ethically nonmongamous groups like polyamorous or swinger communitie we could say with enough partners all abuse becomes obvious. Frustratingly, this is…