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| ABUSE ANXIETY CHILDREN COUNSELING DEPRESSION DREAMS FAMILY HYPNOSIS INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS TALK THERAPY TESTING TRANSITION SENIORS WAR |
| © Margaret L. Cunningham, PhD 2002 |
| If it feels like it, it is. Is it that simple? No. Abuse is deceptive and complex. |
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| Dr. Maggie |
| Abuse is complex partly because of laws and lack of laws re equal status, the right to own property, equal pay for equal work, the right to decide what happens to our bodies. People are denied freedom of choice based on skin color and/or religion. These forms of abuse contribute to greater abuse. |
| Sometimes abusers don' t realize they are abusing. A man told me, "I don’t hit my kids as hard as my dad hit me." I asked him, "Do they have that comparison?" |
| Often abusers have been abused. It is a learned behavior - maybe the only behavior they know. Learned behavior can be unlearned. Unlearning abusive behavior and learning non-abusive behavior takes time. It can be enhanced if the abusers understand that they are abusers. |
| Abuse is physical, emotional, sexual, and psychological actions that demean others. |
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