Years ago, child abuse was not widely reported or taken very seriously like it is today. Children who were brutally beaten by their parents were not reported to child abuse agencies, people chose to only talk about it among themselves. I believe they were afraid to report the incidents because of retaliation against them from the abusers. People chose to keep quiet about what they knew and saw. People born before the sixties would remark about how they should have had child abuse laws back in their day because their parents would beat them half to death, so to speak. They would remark "child abuse"their parents would say I will show you child abuse. By being abused, I felt displaced, not only by mother, but also throughout many relationships. This displacement caused me to search for love that was lacking in my life. This lead to promiscuous and submissive behavior with men in order to feel loved. Experiencing these changes made me realize I was stronger than I actually projected. My will to survive with the help of God, enabled me to overcome the mental and physical abuses without malice in my heart towards anyone. It is my hope that abusers and those who are abused will seek help to overcome the emotional and mental turmoil within themselves to lash out at others because of their inner conflicts.