Thank you for posting this. I do Victim Advocate work and so often my victims experience many of these symptoms. As well as, many of my MH clients experience this thoughout their lifetime even after the abuse has stopped! At some point this has to stop because far to many people are effected by the abuse-not sure if you have or even know what the ripple effect is- but once someone is effected my crime or abuse it spreads through the family, friends and into the community-it is much like when you throw a stone into a calm lake the ripples spread out across the lake effecting everything the ripples touch! For every instance of abuse 100 people are effected-victims! WOW.....

Sad but true, thanks for bringing it to our attention!

Wow this is wonderful information!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

WOW! This is what I have been reading about!!! I'm trying to learn some new techniques in battling stress it so hits the nail on the head. Thanks for posting this. I'm favoriting this. This reaches out to many.

This is a well-known fact among mental health caregivers. Many verbally and mentally abused people become very, very ill because of their treatment. They, as others feel since nobody hit them, its not abuse. Not true, they are being hit with somebodys mouth, and some really bad words hurt clear to the bone!