"People who have been severely abused will do anything they can to protect themselves, no matter how irrational it might seem to others."

However, there is evidence that caffeine, in extreme acute doses or when severely abused for long periods of time, may induce psychosis.

In both cases the defendants were mentally ill and had been severely abused while in prison.

He was severely abused by his foster parents.

According to his allegations (supported by some of his former neighbors) he was severely abused as a child, particularly by his father.

But unlike a lot of us who think it will be severely abused for a good many years to come, new agers are optimistic.

It turned out that the man was a gangster, and the girl had been severely abused; her stepfather's awaiting trial now.

"When someone is severely abused as a kid it comes back as a series of memories or feelings," he said.

It's true that while few actually died on the salt, their health and well-being were severely abused by the experience.

Even though he killed someone, I can't help feeling pity for him, knowing that he was severely abused by his parents as a child.