To hide the child sexual abuse that I was suffering at home, I tried to be perfect.
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Why Young Sexual Assault Victims Tell Incoherent Stories
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Dylan Farrow’s Child Abuse Accusations : What Have We Learned About When, and How to Help Victims
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Blog Against Child Abuse January 2014 Edition
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How To Help Someone That’s Been Sexual Abused – YouTube
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Opinion: Don’t stay silent on sexual abuse
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No Pain, No Gain: Psychotherapy and Mental Health Recovery Take Time
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“Here’s a theory: Maybe I had not really been broken this whole time. Maybe I had been a human—flawed and still growing but full of light nonetheless”
I want all of us to ponder that line for a little bit and think about it. Consider the possibility that you, as a survivor, are not broken. Maybe you are just human. Maybe everything you see as broken is just a natural reaction to abuse in the same way every human carries things forward into their lives from their past. That’s not to say the harm isn’t real. Indeed it is very much real. It might not, however, have changed the possibility of our light still being inside us.
You are still human and you still have value in this world.
I find this to be true outside of families as well. Whether you want to talk about a friend, celebrity, coach, or member of your local church, it hurts to come to terms with the fact that child abuse has been going on right under your nose. “Many family members find it far more comfortable…
Understanding the needs of male sexual assault victims — Shed light on violence — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine tags: CA My Backstory: It’s Essential To Tell tags: CA From Tracie: Blog Against Child Abuse – April 2013 Edition tags: CA Understand signs of sexual abuse, child advocates urge parents, others tags: CA Posted…
Social media, generally, gets a bad rap. Yes, the way many of us use it only increases anxiety and loneliness, because we are flipping through someone’s vacation pictures and comparing them to our day at work, but we can, and should, be using it to communicate. We have the most powerful tools we’ve ever had…
We don’t always know what impact our small actions will have. It might feel like it’s not enough and maybe even not worth doing, but to this woman that small action meant everything in that moment. If we take away anything from her story it should be that no matter how insignificant that small action might seem to you, do it anyway. There’s no downside, only the possibility that it will make a difference to someone.
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