If and a very large when the community of survivors like myself might have a place to go; to share; and be supported.. The feeling, and a powerful deterrent to "shut up" is the lack of others talking and sharing what was.. For nearly 4 years here in my community my efforts writing an article for the local newspaper the resulting group of survivors, men and women, came forth asking that they too need support. We met weekly beginning in my home and later at a local church.. Abuse is so common and the reactions of the abused get "stuffed".. The stuffing of emotions portends behaviors that further deny the person self respect.