Abuse and its effects on self esteem 174 Articles

by Suzanne Clark

She Is So Much More Someone once asked me why a woman would let someone abuse her. I looked at this man in bewilderment. Being a child counselor he should know this, shouldn't he? It isn't something that begins in adul...read more

by Jean Marie Franois

Many have heard the saying, "Prison without walls or doors" or some versions of it. How many of us really understand what that means? Very few people have any idea what that means. Many say that there is no such thing and ...read more

by Sharon Green

Abuse and Self-Esteem Abuse can come in many forms. The victim can be a child, a teen, an adult. Abuse has no preference on gender or age for someone who is an abuser. In today's world, abuse is more talked about but it...read more

by C. C. Greathouse

Any kind of abuse can lower your self esteem. Abuse can be one of the most devastating experiences you may encounter in your life. The effects of abuse can change your whole outlook on life. You see one minute yo...read more

by Vivian Edwards

Sounds of abuse from my past haunt me still today. Anger, rage and wrath were the step stones in my first marriage. My husband would emotionally step from one stone to the next in a symphony of dance. A masterpiece that ...read more

by Joshua Ketola

I will never forget that small red tool shed. In it is left all the hopes and dreams of a small boy. I left ten years of my life in it. Through my experience I lost all my self esteem and idealism. I am permanently scarr...read more

by Sherri A. Stanczak

When I was 16 years old, our family moved from our home that I had lived in ever since I was a little girl. I had to leave all of my friends and my boyfriend. I was in the middle of my junior year and I really resented t...read more

by Robin Tidwell - Babies Co-Steward

Abuse can take one or more of several forms: emotional, mental, and physical. To be brief, emotional abuse typically consists of erratic feelings displayed towards another; mental abuse involves observations of an individ...read more

by Danette M. Scott

Abused children often suffer damage to their self-esteem that can last all the way to their adult lives and beyond. This damage is displayed behaviorally in many different ways such as, extreme shyness,social isolation...read more

by Robin Wilder

Let's say you're around seven years old and your world consists of Barbie dolls and lollipops. That would be the normal expected life for a young girl. Let's add a little tension into this little girl's life. Let's say may...read more

by Aria Quill

Abuse and Self Esteem I am older than most of you over 60 as a matter of fact and I have lived a life like some of you. I was always taught to believe in God and I think this has something to do with my success in life...read more

by Teresa Brouwer

Jeff was your typical charmer. Sending flowers to my house, taking me to dinner every weekend, telling me how beautiful and special I was. "You should be treated like a lady," he would say. Was I in love with him? What ine...read more

by Georgia Stewart

Abuse takes many forms, some physical and others mental, yet an effect that is common to them all is a diminishment of self-esteem. Abuse is an invasion of some sort, whether it's of the body or is verbal. We all requir...read more

by Pauline Dodge

Abuse and self esteem is a subject that I can write about from my own personal experience. I was sexually molested from the age of five to fourteen. That abuse has had an effect on every part of my life. It had impacted ...read more

by Joyce Sethman

The abusive person never hangs up a shingle so we know who they are and abuse rarely shows up at the beginning of relationships. Most abusers are very charming, loving, concerned, caring, giving individuals in the beginnin...read more

by BreAnne Kautzky

Self-esteem is a wonderful thing to have when it is a positive one and abuse is one of the main reasons that people get low self-esteem. There are three main kinds of abuse: Verbal/emotional, physical, and sexual. All ...read more

by Ahava Yardenah

Abuse can have a funny affect on your self esteem. I, and most of my closest friends, were made fun of in school. Tormented in some cases, as I was through elementary and middle school. It stopped when I got to high school...read more

by Amanda Kruger

Abuse, whether physical or emotional is something that no person should ever have to endure. I met my abuser when I was 19 and the year and a half that followed was filled with hatred and fear. Fear for my own life and ...read more

by Katie Seward

"A Death of a Teenage Life" The tears ran down her cheek slowly but softly then quickly hit the ground in a splattering sound as she fell to her knees and cried for forgiveness and "Saying it meant nothing it reall...read more

by LA Toole

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) What would you do, if someone you loved and trusted turned on you? Turned on you so much tha...read more