Protecting the women and the children

That is sacred, it is certainly not optional. It has been sorely neglected for a very long time and needs some serious effort. I listen to the stories of stress and disease caused by abuse to these parties in my practice often. Verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse are much more common than you know. It is the bullies who first were abused that have the need to become one. Predators the same way, and also those who use toxic behaviors to become the center of attention and create mayhem in everyone's lives who allow it. It is something so common now that nearly everyone in the health care field needs to be trained on what to look for. Antidepressants are handed out like Halloween candy and the resulting behaviors are even worse and that includes those who then suicide their way out of here all together. I recently endured that with a dearly loved one and it was avoidable and heart breaking! If you are helping, loving and supportive, bravo. If you are less on any level at all, stop now and do better. We are going to graded in the end, and this will be a big part of your mark. Period.