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Sharing – The Lesser-Known Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse
The last thing I want you to consider as you read the article below is that some of these effects are contradictory. For example, sexual abuse can cause hyper-arousal and sex addiction, while also causing survivors to not want to be touched. Two different survivors, despite suffering from similar abuse, may have opposite reactions to that abuse, while others may have some combination of both of the contradictory effects. (For example, that same person who is hyper-aroused may also cringe at certain kinds of sexual touch.)
The point is that this list of possible effects is helpful. It will help you understand some of what is going on with your partner. It’s not a replacement for open conversation about the effects that individual is dealing with.
Sharing – Red Flags of child sex abusers from an ex-child abuse detective
We’ve spent so much time looking at lists like this one, looking for the bad people, and that is absolutely part of abuse prevention. Still, we’ve missed the boat on what might be the most significant tool in our prevention toolkit, taking the target off kids by connecting with them as parents and with other trusted adults—helping them be less vulnerable.
Kids who don’t have secrets make terrible targets for abusers. Kids with support and secure relationships aren’t easily manipulated and aren’t too eager to please adults.
We need our kids to be more of that, starting with having close relationships with the safe adults in their lives.
Sharing – Mental health: How we’ve improved and where we need to do better in 2020
There is some really excellent analysis in the article below. It shows just how far we have come when it comes to having better conversations about mental health, accepting that mental health struggles are common and reducing, though not eliminating, stigma. But, those things also shine a brighter light on the areas we are failing…
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Understanding the needs of male sexual assault victims — Shed light on violence —… http…
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Understanding the needs of male sexual assault victims — Shed light on violence —… http…
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Understanding the needs of male sexual assault victims — Shed light on violence —… http…
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Understanding the needs of male sexual assault victims — Shed light on violence —… http…