Healing for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse

Helping survivors understand abuse, begin healing, and find lasting hope through biblical wisdom and God’s grace.

Childhood abuse can leave wounds that follow us long after childhood ends. Fear, shame, and painful memories often shape how we see ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Yet our past does not have to determine our future.

I know this journey because I have walked it myself.

Abuse Journal is a faith-based resource created to help adult survivors of childhood abuse and domestic violence understand abuse, begin healing, and discover lasting hope through God’s grace.

Whether you are searching for answers, taking your first steps toward healing, or growing deeper in your faith, I hope you find encouragement, wisdom, and hope here.

  • Seeing Abuse Through the Lens of Faith

    For many years, I viewed my life through the lens of pain. I saw childhood abuse, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, loss, fear, and broken relationships. Those experiences shaped how I understood myself and the world around me. I searched for answers, trying to understand why people abuse others and why so many survivors continue to carry the weight of their past. The more I…

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  • Healing After Domestic Violence

    Domestic violence leaves wounds that are not always visible. The bruises may heal, the threats may end, and the relationship may be over, yet fear, broken trust, shame, and painful memories can remain for years. Healing after domestic violence takes far longer than escaping the abuse. I know because I lived it. For more than three years, I endured domestic violence. Looking back now, I…

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  • Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma

    Pain has a way of traveling from one generation to the next. It often begins quietly. A child grows up in a home marked by abuse, neglect, addiction, fear, or dysfunction. Those experiences shape how they see themselves, how they relate to others, and what they come to believe is normal. Without healing, those wounds can be carried into adulthood and passed on to the…

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  • Domestic Violence Questions Every Survivor Asks

    Domestic violence leaves survivors with questions that don’t disappear overnight. Some questions come immediately after the abuse ends. Others surface months or even years later as healing begins. I know because I asked many of these same questions myself. After surviving more than three years of domestic violence, I spent years trying to understand what had happened, why it happened, and whether healing was truly…

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