My mother was a psychopath. She wasn't born with that personality.
Category: Survivor Voices
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I Am At War With My Mind
I am in a full blown battle with food addiction.
How I Found Life Beyond Incest and Adult Rape
"My little mind was already trying to reason his abuse of me. I remember thinking, “He thinks I am my mom. It's ok.”
Healing Yourself Heals the World
I used to harbor a lot of hate toward my mother. Let me tell you something. Hate only hurts yourself and others. It is not a shield. It comes with no solutions. It is fueled by anger and should only be felt righteously; such as HATING child rapists. In my mind the only perspective I … Continue reading Healing Yourself Heals the World
Mom’s Sick. Dad’s Abusive. I Have Let Go.
I imagine cutting off contact with him probably made him treat my mother worse. I’m sure he took his anger out on her.
She Was Raped. They Made Her Apologize To the Church. It Was 1984.
What Buddy Cobb did to my sister was nothing less than abhorrent.
2018 Alaska Cult Awareness Conference
Vennie Kocsis and Glori L. Stiner discuss the beginning and current life growing up in Sam Fife's Move of God cult.
Balancing Our Trauma and Creativity
“How do you balance everything you want to do and keep your head together?”
Boundaries: Enacting Them With Empowerment
I get to choose what to discuss or not discuss. I get to choose what to accept or not accept. I get to choose, period, and that’s that.
My Mother Didn’t Want Me Calling Boys So I Wouldn’t Look Like a Slut
Mama spends the next hour telling me that men are shit. If I carry one thing into my adult life I better take this one, Mama rants on. Her voice fades into the distance as it has come to do when she begins to lecture.
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