The November edition of the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse is coming up. I’ll be taking a turn at hosting it this month, and I’m looking forward to seeing all the ideas and writings that you all have been doing, so be sure to get your submissions in before Nov. 22!
It’s up over at Survivor’s Can Thrive. From my first glimpse, it looks like there is a ton of good stuff to read over there. Maybe more than I’ll have time for! Check it out! Tags: CarnivalAgainstChildAbuse
You may notice that I’ve created a little bit of a blogroll over to the right. I found this handful sites in one night of searching the internet and following link after link, looking for blogs of people who have overcome either abuse, depression, cancer or some other type of disability. If you know someone…
Pin I’ve mentioned this in the past, but in the last week, I’ve had another stark reminder that not everyone is in a place where they can simply share with their social networks the fact that they are a survivor of childhood abuse, or are dealing with mental health issues. If you’ll allow me to quote…
Saw a couple of new sites, one from a comment, the other in my referrer logs: Fugly Fog, a brand new blog by another male survivor, was the one I saw in my referrer logs, and JustAMom, written by the mother of a child who has recently revealed that he had been sexually abused. I…
Pin The context for this quote is a handful of stories where someone felt ashamed of an event or something that they’d allowed people to believe about them that wasn’t true. Marisa goes on to talk about how when we have something we won’t discuss, it creates a separation from other people, and that separation can take away from humanness. Our interactions with other people are blocked off. We know we aren’t sharing our whole selves with the people we should be. That block can protect us from potential pain, but it also prevents us from having all the benefits of having close relationships with other humans.
Doesn’t that sound exactly like growing up keeping our abuse secret?
We grow up with shame around something that was never our fault. That shame prevents us from fully connecting with other human beings. That lack of connection harms our mental health as adults. We struggle to heal without one of the most powerful tools in our arsenal as human beings, other people. We keep our secrets and hide our shame, meaning we will never know the healing power of being accepted and loved by those who know our whole selves.
The third version of the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse is up. I wasn’t able to get anything submitted this month, too busy really, but it does appear that there are plenty of good posts to read! Tags: CarnivalAginstChildAbuse
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