by Helen Papadopoulos | Mar 26, 2022 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
“Abused people abuse people.” I touched on the foul stench of this insidiously abusive statement in a recent article, You Cannot Abuse An Abuser. The quote above is related to the “Cycle of Abuse” theory that has convinced so many people that this is always...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Feb 18, 2022 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
To some people who land on my blog, I come across as a whack job, or ‘abuser’ when they read one of my rants aimed at some group of people that deserve it: those who rule the world and all those who are like them in word, or in deed. It does not seem to matter to them...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Mar 1, 2021 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Below is a modified excerpt taken from one of my self-help books – DIY Therapy Chart: An Emotional Healing Guide – that some people have found very useful over the years. I hope it helps you, too. “You, generally speaking, go about life trying to get...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Nov 3, 2020 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
To the wise, the just and the brave Those that simply will not behave Who will not comply like a good little slave Those that will rage for what’s right ‘til the grave I am with you until my dying day So…the next time someone accuses you of having anger, or rage...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Sep 15, 2019 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Self Help Skills
This post is dedicated to survivors of ALL forms of abuse who still have trouble asserting themselves as a result of being victimized. In a nutshell: anger-aggressiveness is necessary when setting rock solid boundaries – the relationship between them is...