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Post Abortion Trauma: Can You Relate?
No term can adequately express the heartbreak that abortion causes, but for the purposes of identification we will call it Post-Abortion Trauma. Common feelings associated with Post-Abortion Trauma include guilt, grief, anger and regret. These feelings frequently manifest themselves through anti-social, self-destructive, and other abnormal behaviors. Many who suffer from Post-Abortion Trauma experience flashbacks, nightmares, and varying degrees of depression.
Another aspect of Post-Abortion Trauma is that it doesn't always hit right away. Because the reality of abortion has a way of catching up with everyone, Post-Abortion Trauma acts like an emotional time-bomb waiting to go off in an individual's life. It can go off anywhere and at any time...it knows no statute of limitations.
We know that many people who say they have no regrets speak prematurely.
Amy's own words best convey her eventual change of heart:
"For the first six years after my abortion I could have taken a pro-choice sign and marched with it, if I was a more vocal, public person. Finally I became aware of what abortion as a 'procedure' does to both people. I saw the studies on fetal development and reality set in. At first I was angry at not being told, I couldn't figure why I had to ask to be informed. So now, seven years later, I know my life will go on, but I will never be able to forget that I selfishly murdered my own child."
When the emotional time bomb does go off, it can be a cold, frightening, and lonely experience.
For many individuals, their pain surfaces with an incredible need to talk about their feelings and share their stories, hurts, and sorrows. It is at this time many recognize they need help and seek out someone to confide in...a trusted friend, counselor, or someone with a common experience. Others suffer silently, afraid to confess their involvement with abortion to anyone for fear of being judged, shunned, or rejected.
It is for this very reason that Healing Hearts Ministries was formed. Healing Hearts is made up of people who understand the heartbreak of abortion from personal experience. All of us have had our own hearts broken by abortion and we know what it is like to ache inside. We know what it is like to try to stop thinking about it. We know what it's like to feel alone.
But above all, we know that abortion is much more than an emotional problem, it is a spiritual one.
Healing Hearts provides confidential one to one e-mail and support group counseling to anyone suffering from the affects of an abortion. If you want to talk about it with someone who understands contact us.
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