Originally posted by stripedangel:
He looks upon everyone with contempt and pity, like he feels that he has not prayed for them enough, no matter what they do. Nothing is good enough
He sounds like an extremely insecure person. It's sad in a way. but if he was less obnoxious his family might want to help him. As it is his actions keep everyone at arms length, which he may be doing on purpose (and maybe unconsciously) to somehow protect himself from whatever it is he is afraid of.

Originally posted by newslave:
I begin to think - what can change this? What can we do to prevent other women and men from going through the things that we have and struggling to survive and be healthy? Where is the fault in the cultures, in the world? Perhaps this belongs in another thread, but my survival has revolved around taking control in other avenues of my life and trying to change what's around me.

What can change this? Is there even a way?
One of us alone can do little. Together we become stronger. We cannot change the world ourselves and probably will not see resolution in our lifetime, but that does not mean that we can abandon the cause.

Some of us here take time out of our day to let folks who are hurting know that they do not have to continue being a victim. Sometimes it seems strange to find, on a website devoted to an alternative lifestyle that this thread is here. On the other hand, all of us here are just ordinary people, and some of us have been abused. We are trying to take control in a little part of this big world where we have some influence and use that for good.

I think we are trying to do it the only way we know how, one person at a time.