Post-Abortion Support
If you are experiencing medical complications after an abortion, immediately contact a medical professional, go to the emergency room, or dial 9-1-1.
If you or someone you care about has had an abortion or been involved in one, you probably know that it's common to feel some relief immediately following the abortion. However, women from all walks of life, belief systems, and abortion experiences say that painful emotions and harmful behaviors surfaced for them months, years or even decades afterwards.
For thousands of women, the negative symptoms persist for years, until they discover that confidential and effective post-abortion recovery programs do exist. The majority of women who seek help do so 5-20 years after the most recent abortion, with many seeking help even years beyond that. Enough women have come forward with the same symptoms that what they suffer has come to be called "Post Abortion Syndrome."
If you or someone you care about has had at least one abortion and is also suffering from some of the symptoms listed below, consider calling ArborVitae's post-abortion recovery counselor, Pearle, at (734) 994-8863 ext.14, for a confidential consultation. Pearle can help you decide whether a post-abortion recovery program is right for you.
Many women have found peace and healing after abortion. You, or the person you care about, can do more than "just cope with it". Call Pearle at (734) 994-8863 to learn more about the path to healing and recovery.
Common Symptoms of Post-Abortion Syndrome:
- Depression; feelings of loss, isolation, anger
- Constant effort to repress abortion memories or inability to remember parts of abortion experience
- Nightmares, trouble sleeping, hearing sounds of a crying baby
- Difficulty bonding with current children or tendency to overprotect
- Changed beliefs about God, fate or karma
- Keeping your abortion a secret
- Bothered by children or babies crying
- Bothered by the sound of a vacuum
- Fear of doctors' or dentists' offices
- Eating disorders - bulimia, anorexia, binge eating
- Increased use of alcohol or street drugs; substance abuse
- Desire to hurt yourself; cutting
- Accident prone, sick or depressed on the anniversary of the abortion or the due date
- Strong desire for "replacement" baby
- Medically unsubstantiated fear of never being able to get pregnant again
- Repeatedly putting yourself at risk for an undesired pregnancy
- Comparing your or your friends' children to what the aborted baby would be doing now
- Suicidal thoughts; suicide attempts
- Overwork; throwing yourself into your work to "justify" the abortion
- Crying jags or emotional numbness
- Difficulty maintaining relationships
- Sexual dysfunction
For a confidential consultation, call
Pearle at (734) 994-8863, ext. 14 or e-mail her at pearle@arborwoman.com.