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Chose life for the baby from my foster father.

Rose and Chris

When I was twelve the Lord woke me up one night and instructed me to pray for my future wife whom I had never met.

Screamed at my abusive stepfather's grave.

Lori

From the very beginning my real dad told me he loved me, but left. He may have loved me, but I don’t know. Then a step dad came in, and said he loved me and my mom, but would also tell me to not tell. It started with fondling...

Being the intellectual disguised my hurt.

Nikki

My name is Dr. Nikki Velasco. I am an Assistant Professor of Research Methods and Statistics. I was raised by a single mom, not from the United States, who has been married many times and has some sad patterns when it comes t...

Verbally Abused.

Joanna

I haven’t dated that much, but with my first boyfriend, I just didn’t really hold that much of standards for myself. So I allowed myself to be verbally abused. I allowed him to talk down to me.

Should I be with a man or a woman?

Dana

God loves you and he cares about you; and he wants the best for you. You find freedom in his love through surrendering to him.

After three generations of sexual abuse, found acceptance from a Christian community.

Scott L

I was addicted to pornography, I was addicted to masturbation. I was addicted to sex. I was also a heterosexual male

Early abuse caused later fear and anger.

Jeanne

I was the sixth of seven children. I was molested from the time I was two or three years old until I was six or seven.

Convinced I was worthless.

Beth

I thought that I had nothing to live for. I thought that I was the most worthless mother on the face of the earth. I was no good as a wife. As a mother. As a daughter. As a friend

Confused kid. Part of me enjoyed the sexual abuse.

Josh S

I remember of walking on a bridge in New York City, hearing an evil presence. As I looked over the edge of the bridge I heard a voice say, “Jump. It’ll be all over.”

My control of women stemmed from something deeper.

Brandon

It became a vicious cycle of doing cocaine to stay up all day sot I could work and then doing heroin to sleep late at night.