ABORTION CHANGES YOU

Abortion produces strong emotions that can change over time. Denying, repressing, or pushing down these emotions may work for a while, but continued refusal to face the emotions surrounding a loss such as abortion can lead to unhealthy behaviors.

Abortion represents significant loss(es) in a person's life.

Identifying and acknowledging these losses is an important step toward healing. On the other hand, minimizing or denying them and the grief they produce will not only impede the healing process, but it may also lead to unhealthy behaviors.

Unhealthy behaviors that may have already been present before the abortion are likely to be continued or accelerated after the abortion.

Unhealthy behaviors may start as protective measures to either cope with or mask painful emotions or to deny grief and loss. If the behaviors are repeatedly used, they may begin to take on a compulsive life of their own with seemingly no connection to the abortion.

Unhealthy behaviors may be a daily occurrence, or they may occur periodically. Sometimes unhealthy behaviors are triggered by certain events, such as the anniversary of the abortion or the expected due date of the child.

Whether or not you think these behaviors are related to an abortion experience, extra assistance such as a 12-step program or group, spiritual assistance, or professional counseling is needed to regain your well-being. Unhealthy behaviors are listed below with accompanying resource information.

The information listed below is intended to help with specific unhealthy behaviors, and may not be able to address your concerns and needs related to your abortion experience or the experience of a loved one.

If you feel at any time your reactions and emotions are not being validated and addressed appropriately by a resource - do not give up.

You may wish to contact after abortion healing resources using the Find Help locater. After abortion healing resources will often provide individual guidance, as well as group support or retreat-style workshops.

Signs of Complicated Grief



Anxiety
Dulled sense of feeling
Fear or avoidance of children
Fixating on another child
Flashbacks
Nightmares
Rage
Difficulty sleeping
Difficulty concentrating
Inability to recall parts of the event
If you've experienced any of these symptoms for more than a month, please use the Find Help locator to access local resources. These symptoms may suggest that you're developing impacted grief, or complicated grief, or some other psychological complication. This typically feels like you're "stuck" in your grief and unable to move forward in your life. To rule out these possibilities, consultation with a trained counselor is recommended.

While it's important to not impose an expected time frame for healing, you also don't want to allow yourself to remain stuck for too long, which makes it that much harder to move through the grieving process.

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People that support abortion are narrow minded, morally frail, passively cruel, constitutionally weak, emotionally impaired and are in every way, humanly disadvantaged.

I AM A PRO-LIFE PERSON!

Wow, aren't women who have had abortions lucky--they have someone who can read their minds. Are you a woman yourself? Have you been pregnant? Have you had an abortion? You must have; how else would you know so much about the psychological experience?

Wow. You really are stupid.

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All unborn children are persons
Abortion is NOT LEGAL
Read the Constitution
Defend the Child

Not everyone reacts the same. however if someone is seeking out internet site like that they may be the audience that site wants to reach to so there would be no point in bringing up the obvious, which is 'sometimes women do not suffer these effects from abortions'.

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Originally posted by: yodavater: "I'm a little adverse to being "controlled" when I'm on my time."

Me too.