This may seem a silly question and it may be answered elsewhere, but are there any statistics or research that shows how many abuse victims are attracted to other abuse victims, or is this simply because there are far more abuse victims then society acknowledges? I am talking about all types of abuse. In my life I have known so many people who have been abused physically, emotionally and psychologically that I have started to think that they are the majority of the population.  Or is it like when you have a child with a particular condition which is fairly rare because of the nature of the the treatment you know so many of those families and they seem the norm?  To me the world seems full of youngsters with failed kidneys and teenagers with cancer! (of course we are now on an adult unit, and my daughter is one the youngest there!)

Now must attend to the rest of todays chores!

Take care all of you.