Bad dream
I had a dream last night that I found out my nephew was being molested and I had to tell his parents. What a horrible dream. I was so relieved when I woke up and realized it was just a dream, but at the same time, I feel oddly “spooked” this morning. Ugh!
I finished reading Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers yesterday, and while I’m not going to get into a full review of the book on this site, I did want to talk about one particular section that, I think, is significant for child abuse survivors. If you’re not familiar with the book, Gladwell spends a great deal of…
In looking through my referrer logs, in among the various other search terms that people have used to find this site, I noticed that someone was searching for “side effects of child abuse”. Excuse me, but wtf? Side effects? I’m sorry, but to me side effects are something that you get when you’re trying to…
In my reading this week, I came across an article that talked about the danger in telling ourselves only one story about ourselves. The article wasn’t specifically about abuse survivors, but it is something I have found to be very true. What he meant was that people get too attached to the stories they tell…
I’ve been in Chicago at ABA Techshow, so I didn’t get a chance to submit anything beforehand, and haven’t been over to read any of the submissions this month, but, as always, it looks like there’s some great stuff over at the carnival. Tags: Abuse, Blog Carnival
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about this subject of late. I won’t get into any of the details of why, but suffice it to say, I’ve had a number of conversations and seen stories of people who find themselves in situations, as adults, that from the outside seem easily changeable, yet they don’t do…
I saw this story quoted on the Jewish Survivors of Sexual Abuse blog and I thought it was interesting: Sometimes we just need to be reminded!In the room filled with more then 200 people, a well-known speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill, asking, “Who would like this $20 bill?”Hands started…
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was this just a dream or was it real if it is real tell somebody dont hide it it needs to be stopped todauy not tomorrow not the next dat today
No, it was just a dream.