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Several new cases of sexual abuse unearthed at Penn State as a result of enhanced training tags: CA STOP THE HURT – UK Based Support tags: CA ‘Tis the Season to be Depressed tags: CA When Predators Are Women tags: CA tips to child sexual abuse prevention tags: CA Stranger Danger is rare in child…

Link – Effects of child abuse don’t start and end within the family
This quote fits in with some other things I have been linking to and commenting on recently. The sad realty that many children who grow up traumatized or neglected, tend to struggle as adults, but instead of seeing them as people who need support and help, we lose any sympathy we had for them when…
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Study shows men just as likely to be depressed as women tags: CA On Marrying a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse – Shonna Milliken Humphrey – The Atlantic tags: CA How to Find Someone to Talk to When You Can’t Afford Therapy tags: CA 5 Ways to Help a Depressed Friend tags: CA Posted from…

Link – Little things
I’ve said similar things before, but maybe not this well: “Small achievements are still achievements and celebrating them feeds our dreams and goals. It gives us fuel to move further down the road or up the mountain because we take time to look back and we realize how far we have come. We remind ourselves…
Reading – ‘You truly think you can take it to your grave:’ player recalls abuse by coach – 680 NEWS
Sadly, this is true.for all victims, but I feel like it is especially true for male victims of sexual abuse. We’re supposed to tough it out and not show any weakness, especially hockey players of all people! But healing really comes from being able to talk about it, whether that be publicly or privately. ‘You…

Sharing – Why The Age You Experienced Trauma Matters
When we talk about the effects of child abuse and other childhood traumas that last well into adulthood, this is what we are talking about. The normal development cycle was simply disrupted and we now must play catch-up.
It’s not impossible to learn and develop even as an adult, but first we need to stop blaming ourselves for both the trauma, and the effects of the trauma. We need to be open to learning new tools without judging ourselves for not already knowing how to fix ourselves.
If it were that easy, everyone would do it. Clearly that isn’t happening.
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