EMAIL SUPPORT GROUP
THIS PARTICULAR PAGE IS NOT A CHAT ROOM, MAILING LIST, OR NEWS GROUP (however, there is a Forum available elsewhere onsite) -- it is simply a list of Survivors you can contact. You will find many of us listed along with what type of abuse we experienced -- this is to help you choose someone whose experience might be close to your own.
Please feel free to contact any one or all of us. We have each
discovered the power of finally breaking our silence -- it truly
DOES help! Especially when the one you choose to finally tell
has been there too and can understand how you feel.
The support group members have been placed in categories to, hopefully, make it easier for you to find someone with a similar experience to your own....
The categories are as follows:
you are a survivor who would like to be included in our support group, WE NEED YOU!!
If you feel you can handle getting some very heart-wrenching letters, and can keep them absolutely confidential -- then please, become a member of our Email Support Group, and I will list your name with the others.
Please state whether you are male or female and, if at all possible, include a brief description of the type of abuse you experienced in the body of the email.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have requested to join the support group in the past few months and your name has not yet been added, I am so sorry! Due to illness, my computer going bonkers, and a very heavy schedule at my regular job, I am WAY BEHIND in getting things posted! Please don't stop sending your messages; they are saved and safe on my hard drive -- but please know that it WILL be a while before they are posted..... I work full-time and can only do this site in my spare time, but I WILL get your message posted and I will email you as soon as it is done.... Thanx!
If you need help right away, I highly recommend that you visit the Survivor Forum -- it is very active and full of warm, wonderful people who are survivors like you. Don't be afraid to jump in and post right away or just hang out and monitor things until you feel safe..... Everyone is welcomed immediately and we all give each other a lot of love and support. Please feel free to join us!
There are only a couple of "rules" we observe here -- we never say anything to put another person down -- no matter how much we might disagree -- and we never, EVER break anyone's confidence for ANY reason whatsoever! It is my very strong belief that, although we can and have survived the actual abuse -- we might not be able to survive having our trust -- which is so very hard to give -- broken. (Please see Website Philosophy for more information.)
You need not be a "member" to write to any of us for whatever reason -- we are here for whoever needs someone to talk to.
Please help me by doing the following: if you find an email
address that no longer works -- please
email me and let me know.
**Hugs!**
Please Note: I reserve the right to remove any names from the
support group who I find have been using it to harrass, mock, or
hurt others in any way....
THANX for keeping this a Safe Site for Survivors!
IF YOU ARE BEING ABUSED NOW BY SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING WITH YOU, AND FEEL YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO TO ESCAPE IT: PLEASE CALL A YMCA OR YWCA, A WOMEN'S SHELTER, SAFE HOUSE, OR WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER -- WHETHER YOU ARE MALE OR FEMALE -- THEY TAKE IN BATTERED/ABUSED CHILDREN TOO!!! PLEASE! DON'T STAY IN THE ABUSE!!
If you want to seek professional help, please search the Mental Health Net's vast catalogue of online resources below.
Also, don't forget to check your local resources -- libraries,
ywca, women's crisis centers, etc.
By typing in "child sexual abuse" in the search engine below, you will find a whole range of topics from "Facts for Families: Child Sexual Abuse" (gives information about how to detect sexual abuse in your child), to "Facts for Families: Responding to Child Sexual Abuse", to "Sexual Abuse Memories" and "Self-Help Resources". If you click on "Self-Help Resources", you will find a myriad of links to sites on the net that can help you to heal.
Following are the email addresses for the Survivors'
Email Support Group -- these people have all "been there", and
many have not only survived, but have learned to get past the
experience and gone on to live happy, normal lives. They might
be able to help you do the same. We are not professionals, we do
not have all the answers, but we do care! We cannot "save"
anybody, but we can empathize, understand, and listen.
Males need not confine their emails to males and females to females -- we have ALL been through it.... I had to break up the page because it got too big!
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