Mary R
“A friend, an acquaintance, and a perfect stranger raped me… I had to tell my parents and my father called me a slut and my mom refused to speak to me.”
Christina Zakrzewski
“They were very dark and scary years. There was a lot of physical abuse, and emotionally, I think I had to become completely numb to survive… The situation was very bad, and looking in from the world’s point of view, there was zero chance of this ever turning out well. Thankfully, God doesn’t rely on worldly opinions.”
Andrea Do Santos
“…my father was physically and emotionally abusive to my mother, my brother and me. Mother was not very strong emotionally and suffered from a mental illness, and because of this, I felt she was never there for me… I still did not have a totally clear understanding of the spiritual and emotional crippling effects the occult, mental illness and drug addiction had launched against me, but I was starting to realize I had gone off track.”
Miriam Passmore
“Compounding the problem, her family was constrained by society and had no idea how to deal with a child in emotional pain. With the lack of understanding and guidance from her family, Miriam struggled with her identity.”
Patricia Fennell (1)
“As it was, my father was always verbally abusive towards us and when he got really mad, could be physically abusive too. His motto was, 'Hit first and ask questions later.' For us growing up in this kind of atmosphere - it was the norm for us.”
Abby Conley
“As my life unfolded my parents abandoned me after years of emotional, mental and physical abuse.”
Brenda Helzer
“At this point Kathrina is 12 and I am so beat down emotionally and physically, every way you can think of. I was weak and vulnerable and now 27.”
Debra McFarland
“I was continually being reminded that I was slow to learn. Have others somehow made you feel like you are slow and dumb? That is such a lie because God accepts you for who you are.”
Shanon Elisha
“I was so tormented over the lack of love and not having their acceptance that I was starving myself in hopes that they might see me and give me attention. Being a recluse with them just carried over in all that I did. I had no confidence and believed that I was doomed to fail in everything that I did.”
Evelyn Partlow (2)
“I dreamed about finding someone to love me and getting away from home and all of the mental abuse. My dad said I would never amount to anything.”
Star Burch
“I abused her verbally, emotionally and it was getting to a point where I began to physically abuse her.”
Terri Hall
“I was physically and emotionally abused as well. Searching for salvation, I turned to men at an early age, desperately trying to earn love.”
Lenore Barnhill
“…but those fights with my mohter were (and still are) the worst....I mean it would be like a physical fight along with those emotional pains and she'd say stuff to me that would just... wow... It hurt I would pretend like I didn't care and that it didn't matter, but of course I cared and it did matter…”
Jeremy Van Wagoner
“…my mother was verbally abusive, controlling, manipulative and one of the most selfish people I had ever known.”
Tamera Gardner
“I am delivered from the strongholds of depression, physical and emotional pain, prescription narcotics and smoking.”