Have you ever heard the phrase, “Don’t Sweep it Under the Rug?” This was a popular saying during my childhood. I had No idea what it meant until just recently: “Don’t Sweep it Under the Rug” saying, is a plea to confront an issue rather than ignore it, with “sweeping it under the rug” meaning to hide, deny or avoid dealing with a problem, mistake, embarrassing situation, even abuse. The phrase is an idiom that compares avoiding a problem to a lazy cleaner hiding dirt under the rug, instead of disposing it properly. During my recent study regarding the seriousness of emotional and psychological abuse, the thought came to me…