Surviving The Storm

By Etha Gray
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Published: May 13, 2012
Words: 74,364 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781879940451

Short description

Surviving The Storm, takes you into the deep recesses of a woman’s mind as she relives her years of physical, mental and sexual abuse. As a result of those years of abuse, she finds herself in the moral dilemma of contemplating suicide as a means of relief from a life she hates. This story is true and is based on real life events in one woman's life.

Extended description

This story has been very difficult to write. If it is equally difficult to read for anyone, I apologize. However, these things had to be brought to the surface and confronted within my own self, that I might better manage my Clinical Depression.
I urge all women who have faced years of abuse, whether it started in childhood or adulthood, to seek professional help. The human psyche can only hold so much pain before it finally breaks down.
The major mistakes that we, as women make, is thinking that it is okay for ‘our’ man to hit us and or rape us. We have been taught that ‘What goes on in the bedroom stays there.’ Rape is never okay, whether it is at the hands of husbands, boyfriends, relatives or strangers. We must teach our daughters and sons that it is never okay and no apology can lessen the effect.
If you take the first beating, the second is sure to come. If you succumb to the first rape, another is sure to follow. The purpose of these acts is to instill a measure .. (Read more) This story has been very difficult to write. If it is equally difficult to read for anyone, I apologize. However, these things had to be brought to the surface and confronted within my own self, that I might better manage my Clinical Depression.
I urge all women who have faced years of abuse, whether it started in childhood or adulthood, to seek professional help. The human psyche can only hold so much pain before it finally breaks down.
The major mistakes that we, as women make, is thinking that it is okay for ‘our’ man to hit us and or rape us. We have been taught that ‘What goes on in the bedroom stays there.’ Rape is never okay, whether it is at the hands of husbands, boyfriends, relatives or strangers. We must teach our daughters and sons that it is never okay and no apology can lessen the effect.
If you take the first beating, the second is sure to come. If you succumb to the first rape, another is sure to follow. The purpose of these acts is to instill a measure of fear in their subjects. It is that fear which gives the attacker his power. Report it, and get yourself out of the situation as soon as it is safe to do so, immediately, if possible.
It has been proven that women who allow themselves to live in an abusive situation, lacks self esteem. Whether it’s a lack of education, a lack of a positive father figure in your life, or sexual abuse as a child, never continue to live in an abusive situation. The man that hits you or rapes you, is also capable of murder, whether intentional or accidental, you’re just as dead.
When Grace was going through her ordeals, there were no federal, city, county or state programs to assist women. She had to do what she could to survive. Today’s woman does not have to suffer in that manner. Do not let shame keep you from needed help.
Form support groups in your cities and neighborhoods to share information. Do not go outside and reveal the problems of others, not even to your closest friend or mate. If they want it told, let them do the telling.
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relationships, discrimination, abuse, emotions, marital, racial abuse

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