Silent Abuse, Control

About the Book

Are you searching for understanding, guidance and release from the grip of a loved one’s verbal beatings and never ending mind games? Have you constantly been made to feel devalued, incapable, and ignored? At times, do you feel like you are living with a caring loved one who without warning rages into a monster? This book can help provide many of the answers you’ve been seeking. Controlling behavior is a very real form of abuse that verbally, mentally, and psychologically batters a person into a state of defeat, virtually erasing any self esteem or confidence. It is “silent abuse” because it is the most undetectable, common and misunderstood form of abuse that exists today. Its affects are so devastating because it ever so slowly creeps in, striking unexpectedly from the mouth of a loved one and emotionally paralyzing a person, over time destroying all hope and joy for life. The first step in dealing with this abuse is to recognize it in every form it takes. Learn by example through relatable, attention grabbing stories based on true facts, told from the point of view of people who have experienced this specific type of abuse. These personal stories expose the common behavior and characteristics of controlling abusers. Abuse doesn’t care who you are, what your age, ethnicity or social class is; it doesn’t discriminate. It is important to understand that abuse in any form is never deserved or acceptable. Inspiring stories will give you hope and leave you feeling encouraged through the true accounts of people who have emerged from a dark pit of despair as they are guided to the source of needed strength to prevail. It is time to feel encouraged knowing that there is a very real possibility of life and life more abundantly where you may not think it could exist. A life without control and verbal abuse is possible and accessible!

About the Author

In this book Ms. Freddie Power has partnered with Sharon Stafford, an exciting new creative writer who has a special gift of relaying people’s disturbing factual events into relatable, attention grabbing stories. After being born and raised in New York, Sharon studied at some of the best creative schools before continuing that journey to Los Angeles, California. Soon thereafter she began the study of psychology and human behavior, originally to assist with her serious study of drama and acting at a well known institution. “I feel God has sparked a desire deep within me to begin writing with a purpose - that of positively affecting peoples’ lives.” Freddie Power, president of Keeping Hope Alive Ministries has reached out to and positively affected the lives of orphans, widows, and the poor throughout the world for almost twenty years. Just over five years ago, she began a church ministry for the homeless, located literally right on the sidewalks of inner city Charlotte, North Carolina. She and her ministry team additionally began weekly visits to many low-income housing units located within that same area, where they teach children about Jesus and the Bible. They give those children hope and reach out to their mothers praying with them and filling them with much needed support and encouragement. Through the many years of working with her ministries and developing relationships with these women and children, they were made aware of the abusive situations that frequently occur. “We wanted to write a book to assist people in recognizing control, a harsh, debilitating form of abuse. People need to be provided with the knowledge and help to assist them in becoming released and healed from their abuse. They have to know that there is hope and there absolutely is a real way out.”