victims of abuse support for submissives

[icey]

i think its a lovely idea and will hopefully help many people but what exactly do you do? (i know dumb question sorry) is it only for subs who have been abused in d/s r/ships?
i wasnt in a r/ship i was age 5-14,then raped at 17 always seemed to be in the wong place at the right time lol then some other not so major stuff until i met Icehawk,
the stuff while i was a kid was what you'd call bdsm (light) i know that now looking back (wont go into detail) but its a bit complicated i cant really call it bdsm i didnt even know what that was lol and it certainly wasnt a r/ship.
so would i 'qualify' to help in anyway? where would i stand in this.
it doesnt hurt me and ive never let it and i dont think id need help for myself,but id like to help if i can.

babypup,i hope alls ok with the anorexia and that it's under control im ana too which im kind of struggling with atm so i know what you've been through,you've done really well ...give yourself some credit, you'e stronger than you realise! so well done you for being so brave *hugs*

[butterflySlave4u]

aww, icey, i'm thinking abuse is abuse....whether verbal, emotional or physical....IN the Life, or out...we're all bonded here, now...and i think for so many of us to be able to meet together this way is amazing....so gawd yes woman....join us!

[sisterhoney61 {RW}]

aww, icey, i'm thinking abuse is abuse....whether verbal, emotional or physical....IN the Life, or out...we're all bonded here, now...and i think for so many of us to be able to meet together this way is amazing....so gawd yes woman....join us!

Definitely, butterfly! Any kind of abuse is abuse. It doesn't matter the form. I remember once I had Oprah on when I cooking dinner and this woman was on there talking about the abuse she had suffered from her husband. Then Oprah put her foot in her mouth when she made the comment that the woman had suffered "only" verbal abuse. I am assuming that Oprah doesn't think abuse is bad unless it is physical. The audience and other panel members really came down Oprah (as well they should have) for saying something like that. In fact, throughout the show, they kept making little jibes about it being "only verbal abuse."

It doesn't matter if the other person is throwing insults at you or throwing you against the wall. It is abuse, plain and simple.