Abuse at home

Growing up with abuse doesn't mean that you will continue the cycle.

If you are worried about having the same patterns of abuse and violence in your own relationships as a teen or an adult, there is good news and bad news.

First, the bad news.  Children who grow up in families where there is abuse learn from it, and can carry what they've learned into future relationships.  They can learn that in order to get their way, they have to use coercion—and can become abusers.  Or their self-esteem is so low that they feel they don't deserve better—and they can become victims.

Now here's the good news:  you have a choice.  It is possible to unlearn the behaviour you have learned from your family.  And the key to making that choice is AWARENESS.