By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Experiencing Childhood Domestic Violence Doesn’t Mean You Have Any Less of a Right to Be Free On Memorial Day, as we honor those who gave their lives to protect the fundamental premise our nation was founded on – that we...
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Adverse Childhood Experiences like CDV Can Make Us Self-Conscious Have you ever wondered why so many people who experienced adversity in childhood inevitably grow up feeling ugly, self-conscious, and insecure? Here, we explore...
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE CDV Can Make Mother’s Day Hard for Some of Us Today, on Mother’s Day, as many celebrate the special woman who gave them life, not all find cause for celebration. Instead, for some who grew up living with domestic...
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE CDV Teaches Us the Lie of Hopelessness We may learn many intense lies if we experience adversity in our childhood homes – lies that perpetuate powerful negative emotions like anger, depression, and resentment that can fuel...
By Lisa Floyd* Childhood Domestic Violence Made Me Feel Like I Was Alone If you grow up living with domestic violence, your first assumption is that no one understands and that everyone is trying to hurt you. You often overreact. You get upset easily. It feels like...
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Lead to Isolation and Distrust No one would fault a person who experienced adversity in their childhood home for believing that opening up to others can be risky. The people they should have...
By University Herald Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Have Serious Health Consequences A new statistical analysis of the national survey for children’s health revealed a robust association between experiencing childhood adversity and developing asthma. Another...
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Lead to Anger Many people who grew up experiencing adversities in childhood believe the LIE that ANGER gives us control, when, in fact, it is the exact opposite – it leads to loss of control....
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Sadness is Devastating, but the Ways We Cope with it Can Harm Us As devastating as sadness can feel, so many people cannot even begin to touch or connect with it at times, much less begin overcoming it. A defensive numbness...
By Brian F. Martin, What Is Resentment and Why It Follows CDV Resentment is a deep, lingering anger that often hides under frustration, irritability, or detachment. For many who grew up with childhood domestic violence (CDV), resentment isn’t just about what happened;...
