“Once I finally had the courage to speak, I was surprised by the compassionate reactions and the support and love I got.”
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Sexual abuse and assault leave lasting scars. Recovery may take longer than you expect. It has for me.
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TRIGGER WARNINGAs my husband says, I am a survivor. My counselor always said my dad loved me too much and my mom didn’t love me at all.
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My dad wasn’t born a child molester. Once upon a time, my dad was an innocent child
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It was in 1972 and I was 11 years old when I first told my mother
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For the little girl inside me,
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Before I could reparent my inner child after incest abuse, I first had to understand exactly what the inner child was.
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Like a lot of us, the past couple years have been rough while navigating through a pandemic.
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To be honest, most days can be challenging and stressful for survivors.
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This is such an empowering concept in my trauma recovery. My trauma responses can happen in an instant
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This is a poem I wrote several years back. The words woke me at 1:00 in the morning begging to be written.
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Dear Janet, When you were a very young child, your mother told you that as long as you believe in God, he will protect you.
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Telling my story is one of the hardest things I have ever done but it is also rewarding and necessary for my mental health.
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