Emotional or Mental Abuse

Emotional or Mental Abuse happens when someone hurts your mind or makes you feel alone, controlled or afraid.

I tend to not like this type of abuse because if you believe what was said, it makes you feel empty and sad.

If you don’t understand it, you might not ever know you were mentally or emotionally abused because you can’t see it, feel it or touch it.

I want to feel that my peers and I can be strong. That we talk to each other when we are in doubt or in question of information given to us, even if it was given to us by someone we think we can trust. 

I feel that we can become a whole person if we can talk to MANY others that we trust. We can become empowered by the sense that WE are never alone in this world that we live in. 

What to do if you think you are being abused: You will feel stronger if you first tell a person that you trust about it. For me that would be my Service Coordinator or a trusted friend.

You will feel better if you don’t hold it inside. Do not assume anything that confuses you is the absolute truth.

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It is important for ALL people to know about abuse because if they are aware of what abuse is, who can abuse them, where abuse might happen, when abuse could happen, and what kinds of abuse there are, then they CAN seek help.

I want to assist people to not be afraid. I want my peers to know what to do if something happens to them. I want them to know they can turn to their Service Coordinator or someone they trust to tell them what is happening. They need to keep telling people until they find the right person to help them. No one should be afraid to stand up for themselves when they have a gut feeling that something is wrong! I feel this will make them stronger to report their own abuse.

I want people to not get hurt. Abuse is NEVER okay.

There are five types of abuse I will be talking about. In the following weeks I will share what it is and what to do to about it. In my next blog I will be talking about Emotional or Mental Abuse.

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When you have a disability, you get a LOT of letters from social service organizations. How can you tell if it’s real or a scam?

Before you fill out any information and send it back to them, follow these steps to make sure the letter is real.

1. Do NOT rely on any information from the letter to make sure the letter is real. This is important, because this may be a scam and they will want you to fill out the information and send it to them.

2. Go to the phone book under the government pages to try to find the organization the letter came from. If you don’t have a phone book, go to the next step.

3. I suggest you go on the internet to look them up.  When I did that, I found 3 different phone numbers to call.

4. Call the phone number to find out if that organization really sent you a letter.

5. Ask to make sure what information the organization was asking for in the letter. This is to make sure you are talking about the same letter.

6. Make sure the return address and who to send the information back to is correct.

7. If all the information matches; they are safe. Fill out the information they asked for and send it back to them.

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