Quotes From Male Survivors
From the 1 in 6 website, quotes from guys who have arrived on the other side.
Because survivors need to know that healing is possible, and that they are not alone in getting there!
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Link – Reasons Family Members Side with Sexual Abusers
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Sharing – Healed is a Myth and Marketing Tool
So many survivors want the answer to that first question. They want to know when this will be over and done with, but that’s not realistic. It would be like me asking when will I be “healed” from diabetes. I won’t be. My disease is something that is part of me that I have to manage. I take medicine, I watch what I eat, I don’t drink, etc. That’s not going to end. I fully understand that there is no future version of me where I don’t have to do any of those things.
Similarly, there is no future version of me that isn’t a survivor of child abuse. It happened. There is no cure I can buy that will create a version of me where I didn’t have that experience and be shaped by it. That’s not to say that I cannot have a great life, but I will always have a life impacted by those events.
RT @SurvivorNetwork: Quotes From Male Survivors: From the 1 in 6 website, quotes from guys who have arrived on the other side.
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RT @SurvivorNetwork: Quotes From Male Survivors: From the 1 in 6 website, quotes from guys who have arrived on the other side.
Becaus… …
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