Why abuse?

Why do people waste their time and abuse other people? Nothing good comes out of it. And they don’t think about the person that they are abusing. There are many forms of abuse: physical, mental, sexual, are the ones I think of when someone says abuse. No matter what type of abuse it is, they all hurt. When your being abused, you feel like no one knows what you are going through, but the truth is that a lot of people are going through the same thing. About 80% of abuse is from a parent or guardian. In 2005 approximately 30,000 children were abused in Colorado, and that’s just the reported ones. I know people that have been abused in the past, and in a way it was a good thing, because they are mentally strong, and they can help other people that are being abused. But they can do that now because they have had time to heal. The most important part of the healing process is forgiving the person that abused you. And that’s not an easy thing to do. I think no child should have to go through something like that. The children that are/were abused are more likely to do some type of self-destruction.