Comments on: Confirmation Bias

By: Mike McBride

Mike McBride — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Of course. We’re all about helping each other, right?

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:49:00 +0000

http://kate1975.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/resources-links-to-emotional-abuse-articles/

http://kate1975.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/resources-child-neglect-links/

http://kate1975.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/resources-links-to-groundingcoping-skills/

http://kate1975.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/resources-links-to-self-soothecomfort-articles/

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:46:00 +0000

Hi,

I wanted to add a few links for Joan, who posted a comment here. I hope that is okay.

Emotional Abuse
Child Neglect
Grounding/Coping Skills
Self-Soothe/Comfort Skills

Kate

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:43:00 +0000

Hi Mike,

Thanks for this post. This is something that I have been aware of and have struggled with for many years. I finally feel that I have many, many experiences of good to counter-act the years of being a minor and later an adult, where there were so many experiences that validated the confirmation bias. Now I believe some very lovely and positive things about myself.

This is a great message. Thanks so much for sharing it on the Blog Carnival. Good and healing thoughts to you.

Kate

http://kate1975.wordpress.com/

By: MikeM

MikeM — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:47:24 +0000

Joan, take a look around, there are plenty of my own posts about healing, and the Blog against child abuse posts have lots of links to other survivors doing similar things. That’s always a good place to start, seeing what other survivors have to say!

Best of luck! Changing your self can be difficult, it certainly requires work and perseverance! But it so rewarding when you can get beyond the world you built to protect yourself from your childhood.

By: joan

joan — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:55:50 +0000

you have just made my morning. I am in a position where i am forced to overhaul every single thing i went through in childhood. I was not sexually abused in child hood. Sometimes i was verbally and physically abused. But the worst thing was that i suffered from being ignored by my parents. Even today i suffer from the feeling that others are just not interested in what i have to say. It has seriously affected me in many ways. I find that the hardest thing is fighting MYSELF on a daily basis. When the enemy is on the outside it is so easy to tackle them! But when its yourself…that is another matter altogether. I am more or less alone in this fight because my society does not encourage me or any other of its members to do introspection. Everything is always somebody elses fault. (I am Kenyan.) I know i will succeed in changing my outlook towards life- but i must admit it is a really difficult and lonely journey. I would really appreciate any more material on changing one’s self that you may have. Thank you!