The other big story in England and Wales last week was the announcement from Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, that new guidelines into allegations of Child Sexual Abuse would be drawn up to form future policy. The radio broadcast is archived here and the general story here at BBC News.
“A sharp jump in calls to a helpline about online sexual abuse has sparked an appeal for parents to discuss internet safety with children receiving smartphones, games consoles and tablet computers this Christmas. The NSPCC said there were 3,716 Childline counselling sessions about the issue in 2015/16 – a 24 per cent increase on the…
Body safety books for kids tags: CA ChildAbuse ‘Now I know it’s not just me. I know there are others with that same ‘companion’ in life: depression’ tags: Sports other CA Depression Get Involved In Sexual Assault Awareness And Child Abuse Prevention Month – April 2014 tags: CA ChildAbuse Posted from Diigo. The rest of my…
Heck, for me, these words were pretty close to exact quotes from the person who abused me. I wanted this because I’m bad, if anyone found out about it, or the way my body reacted, they would know who I really am and reject me. It’s part and parcel of being abused, believing this.
Of course, none of it is true, but when this is what your own mind tells you every single day for years and years? It’s not going away that easy, so maybe spend some time reading links like the one below about how to combat toxic shame.
First off, a public apology. It’s been a few months since Lynne Rowland was kind enough to send me a copy of her novel The Gnosis of the Salmon but work, life, and everything in between drew my attention away from you know, actually reading it. So, Lynne, I’m sorry it has taken so long…
First off, I totally agree with the other points in the article about shame, and how it’s that emotion that gets in the way for all sexual abuse survivors, but in some very specific ways for male survivors. Secondly, I love this, while also acknowledging that this is maybe one of the hardest things to…
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
RT @SurvivorNetwork: English and Welsh CSA Handling Reviewed Post-Savile: The other big story in England and Wales last week was the an. …