Silent Screams - A Cry for Help

Righteousness Must Reign !!!

by Carolyn J. Hudson on 08/14/11

Righteousness Must Reign!!!! As I sit here writing the article I ponder over the first Righteousness Must Reign article I wrote one year ago. I remember writing the article with great passion, conviction and anger. Passion and empathy for the survivors who faced horrendous atrocities at the hands of Gods trusted shepherds and leaders. Conviction of my strong beliefs in the integrity, character and attributes of Jesus Christ that we as His followers should make every effort to exhibit daily. Anger, righteous anger towards a church system that not only allows evil to reign within its institutions but takes painstaking effort to cover up, minimize, ignore and silence the crimes committed against its children, youth and adult congregation. I wrote how God in His infinite wisdom escorted me through a door to a silent world of pain, secrecy and deception, a door that reveals the acts within churches, the hidden, dark, multi faceted sexual sins.

Yes I wrote the article with much passion, conviction and anger. Today one year later I have that same passion, conviction and anger. In fact it may be greater. Greater because I have been given a depth and wealth of knowledge on sexual abuse and exploitations within the church system spanning all denominations. My emotions are torn between love and hate. Love for these great men and women of God who serve God's people tirelessly. Hate towards these great men and women of God who take advantage of their position, sexually abuse children and exploit women. Touch not your anointed and do your prophets no more harm. Thats what the bible says. But it also tells the anointed to touch not the people and do them no harm. Greater authority takes greater integrity and responsibility to uphold Gods truths.

Are we not the people of God? Are we not to possess His attributes as much as humanly possible? Are we not to exemplify godliness and righteousness? Or am I so naive to think holiness, purity, righteousness still exists? Instead of these crimes being addressed many are cloaked in silence and clergy protection. That ought not be! These crimes must not only be addressed, they must be eradicated! Righteousness Must Reign again!!! When you have high ranking Jesuit priests keep silent about the pedophilic escapades of Donald McGuire, who sexually abused boys for decades something is wrong. When Native American and Alaskan women and children are sexually abused by non native spiritual leaders and teachers, something is wrong. When Jewish, Muslin, Jehovah Witness ...women and children are sexually abused by their spiritual leaders something is wrong. When African American women are customarily abused and exploited within the church system something is wrong. Something is terribly wrong with the religious community. There is an infestation of sexual sin within the religious walls of this nation. God is not pleased!

One year ago in August I wrote Righteousness Must Reign in reaction to the Potters House apparent lack of empathy and support to my plight and other victims of sexual assaults. When a prominent church leader such as Bishop TD Jakes of the Potters House in Dallas TX,who has built his reputation on ministering to the battered, broken and bruised women, fails to support one of his own female leaders who was raped by one of his (AIDS infected) elders something is wrong. No he and his church leaders were not the ones that physically raped me. Sometimes the trauma caused from the actions of church leadership cuts deeper than the actual assault. Many survivors of clergy abuse cannot walk into a church , many have left church altogether and will not return. Little did I realize that I would walk out some of the very words I wrote one year ago of other survivors of clergy abuse.

In October of last year I received a rude awakening, more than two years after the rape. I realized righteousness was not reigning at the Potters House. In a severe state of depression from more than two years a battling Carolyn J. Hudson a servant of God, a church leader, a teacher of His Word, an intercessor and trainer of intercessors walked away from the church system after twenty-nine years. Wow! I am still in disbelief. When I accepted the truth about my church and the leadership system I knew I had to leave. Inspite of the deep love I have for my church I had to leave. I not only left the church I left the church system. Righteousness was not reigning in the church system. The only life I knew for twenty-nine years.was now gone. Do you know how hard that was? I miss the real saints of God. who hunger after righteousness as I do. But God!!! When I walked away from the church system God escorted me into His system. Wow! What a difference, deliverance and an incredible journey.

Where is the righteousness? Where is the honesty? Where is the purity? When a religious establishment chooses to lie to the congregation, the public and the court system, choose to hide the truth and deny any wrong they are operating and trusting in their sinful carnal nature. When a religious establishment chooses to persecute the victims of sexual atrocities, choose to move the perpetrator from church to church, choose to minimize the crime, choose to allow pedophiles, perpetrators to keep their position in the church they have become enablelers, co-abusers and are just as guilty as the criminal. When the church chooses to keep silent, choose to pay hush money to victims so the truth stays hidden, choose to distant itself from rape and assault victim they are endangering lives of future targets of predators. Those who operate in this carnal church system choose to ignore what is right and just, therefore weakening the strength and influence of the church in the community. They are contributing to the churches demise and the destruction of souls.

Righteousness must reign! There is the church system and there is Gods system. A religious entity cannot serve in both. One must supersede the other. It's impossible. If you love one you must hate the other. It’is impossible for you to serve in both systems and not be convicted by the Spirit of God Unfortunately many, many, many churches choose the wrong system. Righteousness reigns in Gods system. Godly character reigns in Gods system. The love of God reigns in Gods system. In the church system, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life reigns. The church system fails to stand for the truths of God, fails to do what is right and just, fails to exemplify the true character and integrity of Christ. Righteousness must reign or the system will fall!

If the church would ever acknowledge a member was violated, a crime was committed, accept accountability for errors, oversight or neglect on the churches part and apologize to the victim who was violated by leadership, then so much healing would come to the victims, their families and the congregation. Left unchecked the victim suffers for years, sometimes the rest of their life.

If a survivors lives in an environment contaminated with fungus and bacteria (abuses) healing is impeded and will never manifest. Leaving the abusive family or church gives the survivor a chance of restoration.Restoring a broken soul is what Christianity is all about, not the destruction of souls. Honorable men and women must lead the congregations once again. Righteousness must once again reign in our churches.

7/31/11

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CO-ABUSERS

by Carolyn J. Hudson on 04/01/11

The Dangers of Co-abuse

Recently I learned a new term, Co-abusers. Initially I could not relate to the term co-abuser because I did not experience any co-abuse in being raped by a church elder. So I thought. But as I listened to others acknowledge the co- abusers in their lives, disturbing yet confirming revelation came to me that I was a victim of co-abuse as well.

A co-abuser is someone who knowingly aids or allows the person who commits the abuse to perform the abusive act. It is someone who has knowledge of the rape or sexual abuse during or after the occurrence(s) and chooses to ignore, deny, minimize the crime or defend the perpetrator, therefore becoming an enabler in the assault. The co-abuser failed to protect the victim. In incest assault many times it is the mother who is the co-abuser. It can also be an older brother, sister, uncle, aunt, friend, co-worker. Anyone who has knowledge of the abuse and decides for whatever reason to turn their head or even minimize the assault is a co-abuser, co-predator. Co-abusers are enablers who allow the crime to continue because they choose to be silent, to look the other way. Co-abusers re-victimize the victim again. When it comes to assault on children co-abusers are held accountable for not protecting the child and can face criminal charges.

Most co-abusers do not realize the affect their actions, lack of action or comments have on the sexual assault survivor. Many eventually become support to the victim once they realize how they re-victimized the victim. Others continue to reject or excuse their actions and travel deeper into denial continuing to co-abuse the victim. While other co-abusers who are very aware of the effects of their actions still make a conscious decision to continue ignoring, denying, excuses away the incest, rape(s) or sexual assault(s ) because a greater need would be threatened if they spoke up. An example of this would be a mother choosing to ignore her daughter being raped by the father, stepfather or her live-in boyfriend. Because he is the financial support for the household and the father of the other children she is afraid of losing that financial support and afraid the father will be taken away. So she stays silent. Another example would be a coworker who knows the employer is sexually assaulting other coworker but he or she is afraid of losing their job if they speak up. So they minimize the crime, learn to cope with it and stay silent. Another form of co-abuse is when church members support a pastor found guilty of sexual assault and ostracizes and persecutes the victim(s). (Read Is Nothing Sacred author Marie M. Fortune)

I listened to other survivors express the anger and pain they felt against their mothers for not stopping the abuse or acknowledging that a horrendous crime was being committed against them. These survivors spoke with such passion as they talked about how the anger they felt was much greater than the anger they had against their attacker. She is my mother, the one who is supposed to be there for me when something terrible happens, my caregiver. She should have protected me. That is when it hit me. I realized I had that same anger against the church leaders who publicly distanced themselves from the attack on me by one of their elders. That explained why I had so much pain and hurt, why I weep every Sunday when I attended church. These are my spiritual leaders, the pastors, the ones who are to support me, be there for me when tragedy happens. It was not the triggers of the physical rape that brought the weeping and such pain. It was seeing and hearing those in pastoral positions every Sunday and Wednesday preach Gods truths yet deliberately distance themselves from me in the press and privately minimize and ignore how being raped by one of their elders, who has AIDS, affected me. So a co-abuser can be a person, a group of people, an institution or a society.

It was disturbing to learn the term co-abuse but confirming revelation to now understand why five months ago I realized I needed to leave my church to heal. Prior to that day I stayed active in the church after the rape, standing in faith in spite of the pain. The pain never ceased. Soon every time I entered the sanctuary it was as if the wound opened up again and began to bleed. As a leader I could not bleed on the people. To heal I had to take a break from church, so I did. When I was leaving the church, after notifying leadership of my decision, weights starting dropping off me; BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. They hit the pavement of the parking lot with astounding BOOMS; BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. Betrayal crashed. Abandonment crashed. Rejection crashed. Depression crashed. Disappointment crashed. Everything started crashing. As I was driving home I felt as if God, the Comforter was waiting for me to reach Him. I could vision His arms stretched wide open to receive me. At that moment a powerful, glorious, healing journey began. Though I just learned the term co-abuser in February of this year, God had already rescued me four months earlier from the co- abuse in October of 2010. What great revelation, worship and intimacy I have had since driving off the church parking lot now five months ago into the waiting, comforting, protecting, healing, delivering presence of God. What a glorious experience and journey of healing and restoration I am traveling.

Have you experienced a traumatic event and wonder why you cannot heal? Are you bleeding in your soul? He wants to heal you too. Like you I do not know why He did not come earlier. I do not know why things happened in my life. But I do know God is God and He wants to heal you from the abuses and traumas. He wants to heal every broken and bruised soul. It does not matter your religion or lack of it. God is God and he wants to heal you.

My heart desires so much for survivors of rape and sexual abuse to experience total healing, to experience the joys of life again. The assault took a part of your life but it does not have to take the rest of your life. You can live again in spite of all that has happened to you. Do not blame yourself for the attacks on you. Recognize the truth; it is not your fault. Realize the abuser and the co-abusers are the guilty parties, not you. The responsibility of the assault is not yours but the responsibility to heal and take your life back is yours. Maybe you cannot physically separate yourself from your co-abuser(s) but you can start your healing process within. Capture those thoughts that build you up and destroy the thoughts that tear you down. Refuse any statements by others or thoughts from yourself that puts the blame on you. Surround yourself with good support, someone you trust and can talk to about the abuse, someone that will be there for you. There is life after rape and sexual assaults. Take your life back. You have a right to it.

Min. Carolyn J. Hudson

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Just For The Holiday?

by Carolyn J. Hudson on 12/05/10

We are in the holiday season. This is a festive time of year for most people. Even the grouchiest person has a little warmth in his heart and cracks a smile. This is a time of giving, caring and sharing. This is a time of peace and good will to everyone, almost.

As I was thinking about this holiday season that is upon us I began thinking about the people who will not have a festive holiday season for whatever reason. Maybe a loved one passed away during this time. Maybe this is the first Christmas a son or daughter will not be home for Christmas. Maybe someone lost their job, and money is short. There is not enough money to by gifts for the children . Maybe the unthinkable, the unimaginable happened and someone finds they are homeless. Maybe a divorce or trauma happened around this time in another year gone by. For some the holiday season is a very depressing time. They just want to get through it the best way they can. For whatever reason everyone is not celebrating this season!

My wish for you is that the spirit of this season touches you and ministers to your heart in a way no human can. My wish is the spirit of this season embraces you and keeps you warm on the coldest and loneliest of nights. My wish for you is the spirit of this season wakes you every morning with the brightness and joy of love, that it illuminates your soul, strengthens your body and encourages your heart to take another step of victory. My wish for you is that the spirit of this season carries you to a happier, prosperous place.

For the Christian this is the season to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ (though we should celebrate his life everyday). Part of that celebration includes pageants and plays. Some churches are very theatrical with live animals, orchestras, flying human angels, etc. This is a time many people attend church who do not normally attend church. Why do they do that? This is the greatest time of celebration for us besides Resurrection Sunday, known to some as Easter. It is a festive time because of Him!

However there is a group of Christians who do not attend church this time of year or any time or year for that matter. Oh my! How can they call themselves Christians if they do not attend church, if they do not fellowship with the saints, I hear some say? Oh my! Why do they not attend church? Maybe, every time they attempt to go to church they get a sickening feeling within their gut. Why is that? Or maybe they feel as if they are going to faint. Maybe they are terrified. What could cause someone to have such reactions just trying to go to church. Could it be many things related to church triggers traumas. Could it be they get flashbacks of the pastor, choir director, youth pastor, etc who abused them. Or they get flashbacks of the church that viciously persecuted them when they came forward about the abuse.

Yes, there are many I am sure who would be part of the traditional church community festivities if they could only get past the torment, the trauma, the triggers, the pains. Yes I am sure they would be part of the festivities if they were never abused. Some can suppress what happened to them and live with no visible signs of abuse but others cannot. Most people can not understand these Christians, where they are in their minds and why they react the way they do. Most Christians cannot identify or empathized with that kind of pain nor its depth. The one place many people run to for healing, understanding,comfort and support these Christians cannot run to because it is that very place that caused the bleeding, deep gash in their soul, the torment in their minds.

Where do these Christians go who long for a relationship with God but can not step into the house of God! Where do they go! What do they do? Go to your faith! The faith within you! The faith that was put in you by God himself. Go to the bible, His word. Read the words of healing and encouragement in the Book of Psalm. Remember your faith. Remember your love for God. It was not the pastor, the church or the congregation that gave you your faith. It was God. Separate the two and allow God to heal you. Rest your soul in Him. Allow him to embrace you and massage your heart. Allow Him to carry you from pain to pleasure. Gods representatives on earth many times fail us. They are mere men. They are not God. Yes they should be held to a greater accountability yet they still will fail us. They are not God. Allow God to be God in your life again.

Once you can separate the two you will have greater insight, understanding, knowledge and be able to step into Gods house, but maybe a different Gods house. Hopefully in that house you will experience the real love of God and be welcomed and loved by the congregation, keeping it forever in your mind that man is not God and he can fail you.

I pray you have a wonderful holiday and find a place of peace and safety in Him and worship to Him.

Shalom

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Was It Worth It.

by Carolyn J. Hudson on 11/21/10

It has been a while since I blogged. My apology to you.

It has been a little more than two years since the assault and four months since the trial. Was it worth it? Was it worth it to press changes against this man? If I didn't press charges the rapist would have continued on his path of infecting women with aids. If I did not press charges an investigation would not have transpired that revealed the health danger of this man. Was it worth it?

Was it worth it to go public? Was it worth it to hear and read the media interpretation of the rape and how they erroneously linked me with the rapist as a couple? Was it worth it to stand on the witness stand and face the DA who tried to paint a picture of a woman hungry for sex who fornicated, then regretted it and cried rape? Was it worth it to sit on that witness stand and tell horrid details of the assault? Was it worth it?

Was it worth it to loose the life I once had? Was it worth it to no longer have the church relationship and close fellowships I once had? Was it worth it to go through more than two years of trauma symptoms? Was it worth it to go through the many health challenges from the trauma?

Yes, it was worth it. If just one woman because of the publicity decided to get check for AIDS, it was worth it. If just one woman was saved from the horrors of AIDS it was worth it. If just one woman gained courage to speak up against her assailant it was worth it? If my speaking up gave some women their voice back, it was worth it.

Yes, it was worth it. It was worth it to take a stand for what is right, just and truth. It was worth it to stand boldly and face this evils of rape that plagues our communities, our religious institutions and our nation. It is worth it to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves and for those for whatever reason who must remain silent in their pain. It was worth it all!

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It Gets Better- Really!

by Carolyn J. Hudson on 11/21/10

Since the assault I forget many thoughts I have. They just pass through my mind never to be captured again. I can see the word or thought for a split second watching it go by. Profound thoughts that I want to meditate on, rest in, find comfort in are lost. Thoughts that are perfectly formed and fashioned that express with excellence and intricacy of mind, that express with precision the weaving of this trauma in my life are gone. How this trauma chris-crosses and touches every part of my being, every corner, crevice of my life and my soul is difficult to form. It's all mush..... Journal entry June 09.

There is no question that traumatic events change lives. PTSD, anxiety, depression, fear, physical, mental, emotional challenges, nervous disorder, appetite disorders, memory loss, association disorder and so much more are the effects of trauma. The rape I experienced left residues of memory challenges along with some of the above symptoms. Writing is a struggle for me most times because I have temporarily lost the ability to hold on to some thoughts. So I do the best I can. I lost the ability to find the exact word or phrase I want to use but I keep writing. You will not know it unless you knew my writing style.

Many who have been raped wonder if their life will get better. Yes, it gets better but only if you choose to have a better life and fight for it. Choose to refuse. Because you were assaulted does not mean you have to live in its shadow for the rest of your life. Because you were assaulted does not mean you have to carry that load for the rest of your life. Choose to refuse it. Life gets better if you choose to fight for it. Many who have been raped do not realized the effects of the assault on their life until years later, sometime 40 or more years later. They have suppressed the trauma so far down in their soul and pushed it out of their memory.They seem to have what is termed a normal life and even a very successful life. It may appear that the rape(s) didnt effect the survivor at all but that is not true. Rape causes destruction and even death to ones soul. But can your life get better? Can you rebuild your life again? Yes!!!

My most vulnerable time is when depression visits me. What a weight. It zaps all my strength and what little energy I have. When depression visits it becomes a very dangerous time, a life threatening time. When depression visits sickness follows. Symptoms of stress, vertigo, stroke, etc seem to attack my body. Then fear rises from the darkness of my situation and turns everything black. Hopelessness, sadness, despair lie down with me. Suicide pricks at my brain...... Journal entry June 09

Though every rape is different, every rape takes the victims body through many mental and emotional traumas. Nightmares, hallucinations, depression, anxiety, suicide thoughts, guilt, low self worth, self blame, anger, frustration, loss of appetite, etc are all normal symptoms of trauma. It doesnt have to last forever. It can be temporary. Choose life! Choose to overcome! Choose to take up your weapons and battle for your life. Choose to fight! Take your control and power back!

Life gets better. It really does. It gets better if you work at it. It gets better if you want it. It gets better if you hold on. But you must do it. How do you rebuild your life again? Whatever you have as your foundation of strength use it. Pull from the depth of your soul.

My strength is in my faith in God and the many resources that came to my rescue to help me. Because I notified authorities help was readily available for me.They were there from the initial notification, guiding, getting me in touch with the necessary resources and helping me cope. I also relied on and looked for my own resources as well. Family and friends supported me as much as they could. Individual and group therapy are also good support tools.

Even if you do not notify authorities help is available. Seek out resources that can help you rebuild, restore, revitalize your life. Professional, family, a good friend, support groups or even religious resources are available to guide you. Find one or more that work for you, fits where you are on your journey to heal. Don't forget your faith. Faith is the greatest tool of all. When you are ready there are resources waiting to help you. It gets better, really!

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Darkness Lurking in the Light

by Carolyn J. Hudson on 06/27/10

The months of June and July are dedicated to clergy sexual abuse. Many victims of sexual abuse seek help, comfort and advice in the church. The church is a safe place, one of the safest places you can go to when facing a trauma. But what do you do if the abuser is in the church, a church leader, someone in authority. What do you do if it's your bishop, your pastor, the youth pastor, choir director, children ministry worker? What do you do?

A bible verse states " Touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm (1 Chronicles 16:22)." Scripture references are always spoken to congregations about respecting the man of God, not saying anything evil against a man of God. What if "the man of God" is a child molester, wife beater, rapist? What do you do then?

A former pastor of First Baptist of Greenwood, MO allowed a staff minister to continue working with kids for four months after police notified him that the minister was under investigation for child sex abuse. Authorities believe the minister was able to abuse at least two more boys during that time. In what was later described as "Missouri's" biggest clergy sex abuse "case". The minister whom the former pastor shielded was ultimately convicted of molesting numerous Missouri church boys, and he was also convicted of molesting children at three Kentucky Baptist churches where he worked previously.

A senior pastor of Central Baptist Church in Southington, CT was told by a girl about having been sexually abused by another minister in the church. The pasor confronted the minister, who "admitted to in appropriate behavior," "denied having done anything more than kissing and fondling," and suggested that the fault was with the girl. The pastor didn't report it to police and allowed the man to resign and move to Tennessee. A couple of years later, after an anonymous phone call, the pastor was caught and convicted of sexual assault. He then described the church's secretive manner of dealing with it as "biblical."

What do you think about churches shielding sex abusers and rapist who hold positions in the church? If it is a past offence they were convicted of should they be allowed to work in the church. What about the leadership attitude of secrecy. Is it biblical? Would you be comfortable in a church if you knew the church had an attitude of secrecy of leaders who assaulted members of the church and continued to serve in the ministry?

The music minister of a Church of God in Christ congregation remained in his post after being charged with statutory rape involving a 16 year old choir member. This minister who worked at Greater St. Mark Church in Southwest Memphis, was arrested November 17, 2009. The pastor of Greater St. Mark, said that he allowed the minister to remain in his role at the church to foster forgiveness in church members.

What logical biblical reasoning would a pastor have to keep someone who has committed a horrible crime against another church member or anyone for that matter to keep him or her in a position at the church? What message is that sending to the victim, the victim's family and the congregation? What about the law of the land?

What are your thoughts? Were you or someone you know a victim of clergy sexual abuse? What was your experience? How were you treated?

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Voices Crying in the Wilderness

by Carolyn J. Hudson on 05/24/10

How do we get this conversation started? There are so many facets of sexual assaults, so many horrific stories. What do you do when you want to do something yet are paralyzed and can't move? You can't help anyone else let alone yourself. What do you do?

Survivors of sexual assaults all react to their assault differently. There is not one correct way to act. Not one way is correct. From suicide to suppression, from a flighter to a fighter we all have different reactions. After an assault some appear to adjust quite well and go on with their lives as if nothing happened. Others aren't so lucky and end up in institutions, medicated daily to function or become very promiscuous, etc. How did you react?

Where was God (if you believe in God) when this happened to you? Where is He in your life now or is He? Who do you blame for the horror you experience. To be honest horrible things happen to good people. It was not your fault that this thing happened to you. You did nothing wrong. No matter what anyone including you says. You did nothing wrong. It wasn't how you dressed, what you said, how you acted, where you went or who you were with. There is no blame and shame. Your attacker attacked you because he chose to. Not because of anything you said, did, wore or the place you went. It was a thought in his mind and he acted upon it, him and him alone! So my dear please know you did nothing wrong. It's not your fault.

Also know you are not alone. Every two minutes someone is raped, sexually assaulted in this country. You are not alone yet you may feel alone because you told no one about the attack or you told someone and they told you to be quiet, not to tell anyone what happened to you. So what do you do? You suffer in silence and make the best of a horrible situation. You do the best you can.

Do you want to know what I found out? I found out most people can not identify with your pain. Your family and your closest friend want to be there for you but many don't know how. It is very hard for them as well. There are others that will stand by you, support you and empathize with you even if they don't understand your pain. Some of us are fortunate to have someone in our corner. Other survivors do not. They will feel alone because emotionally no one has connected with them in their pain. Are you a voice crying in the wilderness? Are you one of the silent screamers who wish someone would hear your screams, hear your pain? The ones that can identify with you are the ones it also happened to.

Finally I want to tell you silence kills! Silence destroys lives. One way silence kills is that it allows the attacker to go on attacking. If he doesn't attack you again he will, attack someone.

I attended a meeting a short time ago. In this meeting we were told of a few cases where the attacker was caught, tried and convicted because someone filed a report years ago. The person who filed the report years ago did not get justice at the time of their case but because their report was a cold case on record it was instrumental in the attacker being convicted years later in another assault. Some perpetrators assault victims for thirty, forty years or longer. Why? Because of silence they get away with it.

Every survivor has to weigh their own life's situation. Is it better to be silent or speak? Some do speak and because of speaking they go through vicious attacks and accusations while the perpetrator goes free. Is it worth it? Is it worth it to be humiliated, ostracized, the talk of the job, the church, the town or the media. Is it worth it? Only you know. I too was a silent screamer looking for a place to scream but couldn't find one. Well, the silence was killing me and one day I broke free of the silence. Finding my voice again connected me with others who were silent and afraid to speak. We encouraged each other.

That is what "Silent Screams - A Cry for Help is all about. This is a place for you. Are you a voice crying in the wilderness?

It's not your fault!

You are not alone!

Silence kills!

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