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- The Loss of Self - Growing Up in a Sexually Abusive HomeFear, anxiety and shame are a few of the damaging emotions found in survivors of childhood sexual abuse. One of the most damaging aspects of sexual abuse is the loss of one's self or one's personhood.
- Sexual Abuse Recovery - The Journey of ForgivenessForgiving an abuser is not easy, but it is possible. Forgiveness is the key to our joy and peace as we make this healing journey of recovery from childhood sexual abuse.
- Sexual Abuse Recovery - Looking Back and Moving ForwardAs a survivor of incest and sexual abuse, I sometimes reflect back over the healing journey. The damage that is done to a young child who lives with his/her sexual abuse perpetrator is, without question, profound.
- Would You Use a Pill to Erase Bad Memories?Scientists are testing a new pill designed to "erase" bad memories. Is this a good idea or would it take away from our identity and our history?
Living Life Now in Light of Past AbusesHealing and recovery remains a life-long process.- Turning Loose - Sexual Abuse RecoveryWe cannot work ourselves out of the things that slow our steps, hinder our progress and hold us in bondage to the abuse.
Abuse and Dissociation - Sexual Abuse RecoveryDissociation and especially Dissociative Identity Disorder are very popular topics these days. As more and more survivors of abuses begin to recover, they are faced with the reality that they dissociated during their abuse.
The Valley of Baca - Sexual Abuse RecoveryFacing the realities of abuse, betrayal and loss causes us to pass through the valley of weeping.- Sexual Abuse Recovery: Dissociative Identity Disorder and Other Coping MechanismsDissociative Identity Disorder is a coping mechanism, not a disease.
- Denial and Pretense - Sexual Abuse RecoveryI try to practice complete abandon as I write about my own life.
- Sexual Abuse Recovery - What is It?What does it mean to recover from the deep wounds of sexual abuse?
Healing Through Therapy: Sexual Abuse RecoveryHealing from childhood sexual abuse is an ominous task that is difficult to do alone. This is a first hand account by a survivor of incest and her road to recovery through therapy.- A Glimpse of God - Tamar's StoryThe Bible never sugar coats the people who lived at that time. Their stories are laid out for us to read. We are reminded that these were real people, just like you and me.
- Survivors Surviving a Crisis - Sexual Abuse RecoveryThe after affects of suffering trauma
Peace from PainThis article is part of a series of first person accounts from a survivor of childhood sexual abuse about the journey of healing from its devestating effects.- Who I Am Today - Sexual Abuse RecoveryThere are still days when my mind runs back through some long-ago memory.
- Echoes - Sexual Abuse RecoveryHe is the Author, I am only the teller of the story He has written.
- Gather the Fragments - Sexual Abuse RecoveryBroken for a purpose
- The Pain, the Power, the Punch-Line - Sexual Abuse RecoveryEven sadistic jokes have a punch-line
- The God Issue - Sexual Abuse RecoveryIs God good? If so, why does He allow abuse?
- Storms of Life - Sexual Abuse RecoveryParallels between storms and abuse
- One WordPoem
- Where Was Your Mother? Sexual Abuse RecoveryDenial runs strong in incestuous homes.
- Paid in Full - Sexual Abuse RecoveryMy father owed a debt he could not pay. I asked God to stamp all the pages of his life with PAID IN FULL.
- Heart to Heart - Sexual Abuse RecoveryI humbly and lovingly dedicate this article to my son for allowing me to tell some of his story as I share my own.
- The Heart of the Matter - Sexual Abuse RecoveryHow to deal with betrayal, anger and forgiveness
- The Hurting Heart: Sexual Abuse RecoveryOvercoming the deep soul wounds of sexual abuse is not easy, but it can be done.
- Crippled Warriors - Sexual Abuse RecoveryFailing and falling down do not spell defeat. As long as we get back up and persevere, we are successful.
- Sexual Abuse Recovery - The Amazing Grace of God!The beginning of my healing and recovery from years of incest and childhood sexual abuse
- Sexual Abuse Recovery: Family Ties - The Ties that BindPatterns of behavior are caught more than taught.
- Sexual Abuse Recovery: The Father-Daughter DanceA healthy father-daughter relationship is like a carefully choreographed dance.
- UnthinkableThis poem was written about the injustice of sexual abuse, however, it could apply to any perceived injustice.
- Forgiveness Hammered Out - Sexual Abuse RecoveryForgiving an abuser is not an easy process. This personal story of recovery from years of incest and child abuse, shows how it can be done, in a very surprising way!
