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Helping Vets & Helping You Have A Healthy Spirituality Part One.

Over the years I have learned that America is jam packed loaded with people who are dysfunctional out the wazoo.  This is largely due to the abuse and pain that has been passed on from one generation to the next; for example all kinds of dysfunction results from the following stuff: Verbal abuse: This is where a child is cursed at, sworn at and called a less than gentle version of what use to be called an illegitimate child.  This also includes the child being told "you will never amount to anything!"  Or "Why can't you be like your brother/sister?"  In other words derogatory words were pounded on the child and into the child as the parent's (or parent type) pain was unleashed on an innocent.  (BTW.. a parent type is a coach, teacher, scout leader, church leader.... any adult in authority over the child who influenced various areas of the child's life.) Physical abuse:  What the words did not do, the fist,  and other utilized objects did.   Emotional ab