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Understanding Post Abortion Stress

It is so important in your journey toward healing that you fully understand Post Abortion Stress and everything that it can mean for you and your life. 

You may know what the common symptoms PAS are, but it is also important to understand a more comprehensive and nuanced list of emotional and behavioral symptoms. 

Emotional Symptom:

  • Guilt
  • Inability to forgive self 
  • Feeling numb emotionally 
  • Shame 
  • Sorrow 
  • Feelings of unworthiness 
  • Self-Condemnation 
  • Anger 
  • Depression
  • Anxiety 
  • Bitterness 
  • Loneliness
  • Fear that God is going to punish you  
  • Fear that you are going to lose a child
  • Remorse
  • Grief
  • Hopelessness
  • Rage
  • Anguish
  • Self-hatred
  • Regret
  • Feelings of isolation 
  • Fear that you are infertile 

Behavioral Changes

  • Becoming more secretive 
  • Abusive behavior 
  • Withdrawing 
  • Over-protecting living children 
  • Martial stress 
  • Crying spells 
  • Disturbances in your sleep 
  • Self-punishing behavior 
  • Alcohol or drug abuse 
  • Desiring an “atonement” or “replacement” child 
  • Changes in relationships 
  • Difficulty with all types of intimacy 
  • Lack of interest in sex
  • Toleration of abusive partners 
  • Failing to bond with living children 
  • Damaged relationships with living children 

So often, women are told to just live with their abortion and “move on.” Many don’t realize that it’s actually affecting everything about their life, even years later. 

If you see yourself in this list, we want you to know that there is hope and there is healing. 

Reach out, today. 

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