Healing from emotional abuse is an arduous process, mainly because there are so many differing effects in so many areas – a million moving parts to account for. As hard as it is to de-code however, it is vital to address if you find yourself facing that unresolved trauma on a daily-basis – it can integrate into your habits, grow into your social patterns, and fundamentally shift the outlook you have on life. If you’re at the stage where you’re starting to question things: wondering why the...

Neglect may be your care giver (a term used very ironically) entirely ignoring your existence, not even refusing to care for you, just simply failing to fulfil your needs without a second thought. For instance in my last few month living with my supposed care giver, I had to sneakily throw away or force myself to eat the rarely packed school lunches for months. Every element was past its best: mouldy bread, greying ham, and butter that tasted like no flavour I could ever describe – when I was...