According to the best current estimates, of women in child-bearing age in the United States, 1 in 3 have suffered at least one abortion. Are you in this group or do you know someone who is? While we can't turn the clock back and change history, please call us if you need help. Post Abortion Syndrome is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder commonly experienced by women who have had one or more abortions. Through the process of denial, the women has blocked the natural grieving process for the death of her child and has denied her responsibility in the abortion. The denial or suppression blocks the healing process and the possibility of forgiveness for herself and others. The Trauma often manifests itself as a breakdown of function in the psychological, physical or spiritual areas.
Anxiety, Regret/ Guilt, Sadness, Feelings of Loss, Drugs and Alcohol Abuse, Repeat Abortion, Desire for secrecy about abortion, Nightmares, Sexual Dysfunction, Suicidal Impulses, Self-Destructive Behavior, Inability to sustain an intimate relationship, Hatred towards anyone connected with abortion, Blunting of emotional affect, Anger/ Rage, Severe Emotional Pain
POST ABORTION SYNDROME COUNSELING is a caring and supportive aid to women in accepting reality, processing grief, and receiving forgiveness for guilt. All psychological traumas have a residual effect, but the effect can be minimized if the trauma is recognized as reality, accepted, and worked through. Dr. James Dobson, noted Christian psychologist states: "The first step to mental health is the acceptance of reality."
Beyond the
negative impact on women, abortion can also leave scars on men, parents,
grandparents, sisters, brothers, and friends. Men seem to suffer more GUILT
when they know that "somehow they could have prevented the abortion."
OR
ANGER is more intense if they were "against the abortion." Relationships with
other family members become strained as feelings of loss and grief are suppress.
Often the pattern is that relatives distance themselves from the aborted women.
These victims too can recover with help of the Nine Steps of Post Abortion
Counseling.