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Blog
My blogs are specifically designed for survivors of child sexual abuse, providing ways to navigate through it.
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Oct
Broken Pieces
Sometimes as survivors we feel like we are made of broken pieces. Seeing a glass fall to the floor and shatter, noticing the shards lying on the floor
30
Sep
Manipulation
Manipulation is the single most powerful tool enablers, gate keepers, and abusers use to shut survivors down.
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Aug
Shame
Out of all the impacts Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) has on us, I think it is shame that has the most to answer for. It is after all Shame that keeps...
22
Jul
Feeling Different
Because what happened to us was wrong, it changed everything and we stopped feeling normal, or what had felt normal to us.
13
Jun
Flashbacks
With a force more powerful than thunder, they come. With terror inducing, nightmarish strength, they emerge. Unpredictable, unwanted, and definitely unasked for, there is nothing worse
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May
The Four F’s
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that can develop in people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.
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Apr
Dissociation
Although it's widely known as a process of disconnecting from one's thoughts and feelings I think Dissociation is way bigger than that. Depending on how your life has been it may...
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Mar
Hypervigilance
Now there’s a word! When I think of how much I needed this in the first sixteen years of my life; it blows my mind. I am not alone, hypervigilence like...
23
Feb
Clarity
Clarity takes me straight to an image of standing in the sparkling blue ocean and seeing my feet very clearly all the way to the bottom. Sometimes clarity is unavailable to...
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Jan
Signs
If we just ask for them, signs are everywhere. The beauty of them is that they seemingly appear out of nowhere. When I first started looking for signs, I thought I'd start...
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Nov
Triggers
Just for the sake of clarity, triggers are responses caused by a particular action or situation, like the war in Afghanistan. Symptoms can include, panic attacks, abject fear, even feeling...