The other children are quick to imitate their parents. And so the cycle continues. We understand and accept that victims of physical or sexual abuse need both time and specialized treatment to heal. That assumption is dangerously wrong.
Emotional abuse scars the heart and damages the soul.
Like cancer, it does its most deadly work internally. And, like cancer, it can spread if untreated. When it comes to damage, there is no real difference between physical, sexual and emotional abuse. All that distinguishes one from the other is t he abuser's choice of weapons. It's time to stop playing that role, time to write your own script.