...... do not use details when describing any abuse that happened to you while posting under this section. If you need to use details, please, I ask you to put 'details' along with the Subject under its appropriate section.
For those who have been abused, details can trigger them and cause mental and physical storms that can last for days and cause self destructive tendancies to surface or even impair the ability to function.
While I realize that nothing should be censored regarding abuse, as it is a silent epidemic that needs a voice, I truly beg those who post here to be careful - especially the new ones, as the other members already know this.
Abuse is individual, as individual as the types of child abuse and yet there are common themes that run through each experience.
I do not mean to pick on Syndromology for I would like to chat with this person. This person's post brought up the topic of ritual abuse, sometimes referred to as Satanism. I think the topic deserves a voice under Child Abuse (with a warning in the Subject line). People scoff at the very idea of this type of abuse. To a child - it is very real. There ARE people sick enough and want power enough to arrange this sick kind of s..t. Let's all face it - it's the pillars of society that no one would expect - right? It's all about power and nothing more. There R parents who lend out their children. There R child porn rings. Why not this!
As I said, I beg you - no specific details. Generalization as I've done here reach the line.
I can request this for I am a survivor of severe and prolonged abuse. I don't think anyone who has suffered abuse would disagree with me - but if they do - their opinion is as important as anyone elses.
I hope that I have come across as a relatively level headed person on the board despite what I've gone through in life. I am, afterall, just being myself. I sincerely hope all of you take me seriously on this.
Triggers are dangerous. Don't allow them. Not without warning.
Thank you for hearing me out. Feel free to email me if you want to. Many thanks.
Mimilly (of the needing to be taken seriously on this one class)