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- Domestic Violence Victims and Soldiers--What Do They Have in Common? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“A battlefield is a battlefield. I don’t care where you are fighting it. Unless you have lived through fearing for your life on a nightly basis, you cannot imagine what war is like." - Dr. Gayle J. Hall. A victim of domestic violence fights for her life on a daily basis, just like a soldier ...
Views: 1902(1 vote) - Domestic Violence: What It Is--Part One, in a Series of Six - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“When I used to hear stories about men beating up their wives, I figured the wives were cheating around. I never, ever, heard my father raise his voice to my mother, so this was foreign to me. What goes on behind closed doors is someone’s own business, right?” – Dr. Gayle J. Hall, (my thoughts ...
Views: 1757(1 vote) - The Effects of War on the Families of Soldiers - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“I’m just trying to be a father, raise a daughter and a son, be a lover to their mother, everything to everyone…yeah, I’m real good under pressure being all that I can be…I just work straight through the holidays, and sometimes all night long…’cause freedom don’t come free.. I’m an American, an ...
Views: 2223(1 vote) - Reasons Why Soldiers Have Difficulty Adjusting to a Civilian Lifestyle After Serving Their Country - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“The hardest part, by far, is to make the bad pictures go away. In war time, the world is one big long horror movie, image after image. If this is anything like Vietnam, I’m in for a lifetime of wee-hour creeps.” – Tim O’Brien, Vietnam Veteran. Assimilating back into an everyday routine is ...
Views: 3195(1 vote) - War Effects of Soldiers - Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall"PTSD is the fear controlling you. Exposing your fear is controlling your PTSD!" – Anthony Parsons. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, otherwise known as PTSD, is defined as a condition in which a person experiences enduring physical or psychological symptoms after an extremely stressful event ...
Views: 1726(1 vote) - Wealth - Does Wealth Affect Your Happiness? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“Can wealth give happiness? Look around and see, what gay distress! What splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates and calls for more.” - Andrew Young, Civil Rights Activist. Think about the rich and famous, the media, our rock stars, and movie stars we ...
Views: 2214(6 votes) - Ways to Be Happy With Everything - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“I ain’t got nothin’. Just look at me. Sittin’ here at a homeless shelter, but I have the whole world, baby. I ain’t goin’ hungry tonight. I’m happy.” – A homeless man at Presbyterian Night Shelter in Fort Worth, Texas. Some people are happy with everything, yet others are never happy. ...
Views: 1287(1 vote) - Domestic Violence: Descriptions of Physical, Emotional, and Psychological Abuse—Part Two, in a Series of Six. - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“Even to this day, it is difficult to discuss with some people and provide vivid descriptions what really happens in a domestic violent situation. This is because some do not want to hear the truth and the facts. More than ever before, I feel it is my duty to tell, to inform, to educate, anyone ...
Views: 1452(1 vote) - A Few Signs of Domestic Violence You Cannot Ignore—Part Four, in a Series of Six - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“My personality and entire lifestyle changed. I had to quit my active involvement with the Chamber of Commerce, could not call on my big corporate accounts with male clients, and was accused daily of having affairs. My long-time friends did not know the hell I was living through. I was so ...
Views: 1358(1 vote) - Domestic Violence Prevention: The Final Article in This Series of Six on Domestic Violence - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“We must help the victims of domestic violence look into the mirror and name this problem so they can begin receiving help. Education is the key in the class rooms across the nation, to discuss domestic violence and date rape, train our family counselors and therapists, and others who are not ...
Views: 1060(1 vote) - Domestic Violence: Recognizing the Three Phases--Part Three, in a Series of Six - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“I just could not understand the rage in the beginning. It was like the harder I tried to be perfect, the angrier he would become. I was beautiful--the perfect wife, perfect mother, perfect in my job, and kept a perfect home. What was I doing wrong to make him act this way, threaten me, and ...
Views: 1309 - Domestic Violence: The Downfall of Domestic Violence—Part Five, in a Series of Six. - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“I am a survivor of domestic violence. Three of my closest and dearest friends never knew the hell I lived through during my battlefield. Victims are the best at hiding our secrets from the world. Our shame and blame defines us, strips our souls, and masks our identities.” – Dr. Gayle J. ...
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