I was conversing a few weeks ago about how our minds work. In a nutshell, it’s been shown, time and time again, that the human brain is hardwired to find patterns, even when they aren’t there. Basically, when new information is introduced to us, our brain tries to fit it in with what we already…
I recently saw a link to an article that was posted a few months ago on the Good Therapy website: Why Hiding Who We Are Hurts Us While the article is about relationships and marriage counseling, part of it resonated with me as a survivor. It even matches some of the things I’ve written about…
Douglas Welch ran an older column of his recently on his website. Not everyone is happy when you change. So much of it reminded me of what can often happen to survivors going through the healing process. Usually, those around us, our friends and family, are supportive of our changes. They want to see us…
Last night I stumbled into the #sexabusechat on Twitter, mostly by happening to be looking at twitter when it started up more than by design, I have to admit. The topic of the evening was on generational abuse, and how it carries down from one generation to the next. In response to the question of…
Cross posted from my professional blog. A funny thing happened the other day. I went back and read everything I wrote at the beginning of 2014. It made me laugh, because it was all about how the previous year had been dominated by big events, taking on a big new challenge at work, and spending…
I’ve been disturbed by recent events in the media and in our online communities. I’m disturbed, not because we are talking about issues of child abuse and/or sexual assault, but because too many people are so attached to that agenda that they are undermining it with their actions. Simply put, it is never acceptable for…
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