The name of this particular survivor memoir is in reference to tiny people made out of toilet paper, who the author created, and made up personalities and lives for. These people became her friends, and a source of support, while she was living a childhood of horror, terror and physical abuse at the hands of…
As you may know by now, I do believe very much in the power of connected with other survivors online. An online community may not be the end all and be all of support for a survivor, but it’s something, where there may currently be nothing. So, it was a pleasant surprise to see two…
The Complexities of Trauma: A Basic Understanding tags: CA Now Accepting Submissions for the 2013 Nov/Dec Edition of The Blog Against Child Abuse tags: CA Do You Know How to Listen to a Survivor’s Story? tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
THE BULLYING EPIDEMIC – WHAT YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW tags: CA Childhood Maltreatment Can Leave Scars In The Brain tags: CA Child Abuse: ‘It’s not something you can talk about at the school gates’ | Mail Online tags: CA 7 Ways to Heal Your Childhood Trauma tags: CA Why Do Flashbacks Happen?…
(ed. note- Survivors have a long history of spending so much time surviving childhood that they never really learn how to be adults. Ken’s review of this book, which provides financial advice, can therefore be seen as an attempt to bridge that skills gap.) They call it retail therapy but it’s all too easy to…
