By Brian F. Martin You Can Heal and Thrive in Your Life No Matter What It Was Like The guilt and shame we carry after experiencing adversities in childhood can have numerous layers. To help you begin to unravel those layers, I’d like to share with you the...
By CDV What Independence Means After CDV For many who grew up with Childhood Domestic Violence, independence becomes a survival strategy. It often means self-reliance, emotional distance, and refusing to depend on anyone else. After years of unpredictability and unmet...
How CDV Fosters Isolation and Distrust Children who grow up in homes with domestic violence often learn that connection isn’t safe. When caregivers hurt each other or fail to protect the child emotionally, the message becomes clear: don’t trust, don’t rely, don’t let...
By CDV Growing Up with Domestic Violence Teaches Us to Resent If you grew up with domestic violence, you learned several lies that taught you to feel resentment and to depend on that feeling for a sense of power or control. Yet, resentment only shackles us to reliving...
By CDV Childhood Domestic Violence Can Make Us Feel Guilty Guilt can seem like a simple word. Yet, it speaks to a complex family of emotions. These include embarrassment, a sense of culpability, a feeling you should have been able to stop it, shame because there is...
