Saturday, July 23, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Domestic abuse: Violence amid a life of luxury
From: BBC
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| Zahrina Robertson/Lisamcadams.com
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A new shelter aims to provide a safe
haven for women who are targets of domestic abuse in some of Sydney's
most affluent areas, writes Ashley Donnelly.
"I was lucky he hit me", Ms McAdams confesses bluntly. MORE
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016 - New York - And Hillary said......
Yes, Hillary, we know. You and Bill pretended to be at odds with the NeoCons but all the time you two were just like Siamese Twins.
No one can steal elections like your man, Karl.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
A Female Sociopath’s Euthanasia Mission
From: Lovefraud
By pseudonym - "Maura"
Editor’s Note: This story was submitted by the Lovefraud reader whom we’ll call “Maura.”
To me dying in old age should be a serene peaceful experience. A time
when one is surrounded and supported by loving family members and
friends. However, when a sociopath spouse is entered into the mix those
normal expectations can be thrown straight out the window. The sociopath
will hijack the situation and you will be constantly blindsided. The
sociopath will be relentlessness in preventing family and friends from
being at the bedside. Instead of focusing your time and energy on the
patient, it will be continually diverted to dealing with the sociopath’s
latest havoc.
Grieving, widowed dad meets and marries wife number two (W2)
This story begins 17 yrs ago. Our Dad at the age of 64 had been
happily married for the past 42 years when Mum died suddenly. Within six
weeks of Mum’s death our vulnerable grieving father met a 67 year old
woman who had recently moved to into the area from interstate. Dad’s
greatest fear was being alone. In hindsight, we believe this woman had
scoured through the obituaries in the local newspaper to find a suitable
widow then hunted him down. Dad was a sitting duck.
Once she had ascertained that Dad was reasonably wealthy with
prestigious connections he didn’t stand a chance. This woman was
supremely confident, and claimed that she had been a Midwifery lecturer
at a University as well as a trained Grief Counselor. She informed us
that she had divorced her husband years ago because he was bipolar. MORE
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Sociopaths say you’re crazy — and you believe them
The
sociopath behaves badly: Lying — and then lying to cover up the lies.
Disappearing for days without explanation. Draining your finances.
Cheating — and you have proof!
You are understandably upset. Justifiably angry.
Yet when you confront the perpetrator, not only does the sociopath
deny, deny, deny, he or she says it never happened, you imagined it all,
and you’re paranoid. In fact, you’re losing your mind! You should be
committed!
You are so confused that you think the sociopath may be right. Are you losing your mind? MORE
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
When A Christian Meets A Sociopath
Shannon Thomas, LCSW-S
I was recently contacted and asked to share my thoughts on how a
Christian is supposed to deal with narcissists, sociopaths and
psychopaths. To some it may seem like an odd request but actually it
isn’t at all. One area of my counseling practice is specializing in
recovery from toxic relationships and believe me when I say that trying
to have a normal relationship with a narcissist, sociopath or psychopath
is anything BUT normal. The Hollywood version of how a narcissist,
sociopath or psychopath behaves often confuses people and it is after
much psychological abuse that someone comes to realize that they were in
fact in a very toxic relationship. I think it’s important to know what
these relationships look like and there is a great book called
“Psychopath Free” by Peace. Here is a link to my book review – “Psychopath Free”.
The topic of how a Christian is supposed to deal with being in a
relationship with a very emotionally unhealthy and unsafe person is
important because it highlights many significant pitfalls. The reason
this becomes an issue is due to the fact that biblical teaching is often
taken out of context and used to justify and enable bad behaviors in
people. For decades, women who were being physically, emotionally,
sexually and psychologically abused by men in their lives were told by
pastors that it was their duty to make it work at home and to cook
better meals or do other tasks in order to please abusive men. This
thinking has permeated church culture. Although nowadays no church in
the country would allow a pastor to preach from the pulpit that domestic
violence is acceptable, I assure you that individual pastors are still
counseling female parishioners that they as women need to bring peace to
the home. How do I know this is still happening? I often end up seeing
these ladies for counseling. They walked into a pastor’s office with the
problem of domestic abuse and came out with the same problem and
another one added: it’s their responsibility to fix the abuse by being a
better girlfriend, wife or daughter.
This history of placing the blame on the woman when abuse is present
has contributed to some Christian women feeling as if they can not set
healthy boundaries with men who end up being narcissistic, sociopathic
or psychopathic. Now, I should pause here and say that I know men meet,
date and sometimes marry narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths and
the damage done is just as intensely painful for these men. The question
asked of me was about Christians in particular and I do strongly
believe that women have been taught to overlook and put up with abuse in
ways that Christian men collectively have not. I could be wrong but
it’s just my experience of being a Christian for over twenty years and
having been actively involved in churches and previously on ministry
staff. MORE
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Grandmother, 63, on trial for stabbing husband, dismembering him, and keeping his body parts in Tupperware
From: Daily Mail
Prosecutors say Loretta
Doyle Burroughs of Mays Landing, NJ, killed her husband in cold blood.
Donna Andersen wrote the story for the Daily Mail.
By
Donna Andersen For Mailonline
EXCLUSIVE: Photos of dismembered body parts positioned on a white sheet shown to horrified jurors as woman stands trial for stabbing her husband, chopping him up in pieces and then storing them in Tupperware containers
- WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
- Daniel Burroughs, 66, of Mays Landing N.J. was missing for almost seven years
- Loretta Doyle Burroughs, his 63-year-old wife, is on trial for his murder
- Chopped up remains rotted in Tupperware for seven years, court told
- Two plastic totes were wrapped in multiple layers of garbage bags to contain 'the strong smell of decomposition'
- Some of the bags contained scented dryer sheets and liquid air freshener beads
- Burroughs claimed her husband drove off to Florida with a younger woman
- Victim's suspicious best friend secretly recorded a phone call with the accused played in court
The skeleton of Daniel S. Burroughs, of Hamilton Township, NJ, was in pieces.
His
skull, spine and ribs, all a sickly shade of yellowish orange, were
positioned on a white sheet, somewhat near where they should be, except
that none of the bones were connected to each other. Arm, hand, and leg
bones were also detached.
The jury gasped as the photo was displayed on the criminal courtroom projection screen.
Burroughs
had been reported missing on September 1, 2007. Almost seven years
later, on May 17, 2013, his remains were discovered in two plastic boxes
in the Ventnor, NJ home of his former wife.
Loretta
Doyle Burroughs, 63, is now standing trial in Atlantic County, NJ,
charged with the murder of her husband, who was 66 when he disappeared.
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