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Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Let's Talk

Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Let's Talk

di Patricia L.

Miglioramento personale Salute mentale Spiritualità

Stagione 1

Farewell

Time has come for me to say good bye, not without sharing more experiences in hopes that you relate to them and they are helpful in your recovery journey. Thank you everyone for being there for me and I hope you embrace your gifts. You are amazing, you are strong and you are loved.

Travel and the emotional wheels from trauma connection

I speak about my emotional experience during my last trip to the. country where most of my trauma took place, how I prepared -or thought I did- and what were the ups & downs of this, all in the context of sexual abuse trauma.

Trust

Let me share my thoughts about the important topic of TRUST. Such a difficult feeling to incorporate into our lives, but one that we can reclaim to continue in our recovery journey.

The 4 Fs of trauma responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze & Fawn

How does your responses to trauma affect your life? Can you change these reactions? What can you do?

How do you cope with your trauma?

Let's talk about the coping mechanisms we can use: the good and positive ones that can help us become the person we were supposed to be -a strong human that can take on each day; and the "escape-from-my-pain" mechanisms that bring even more difficulty to our existence in the end.

Empathy, Vulnerability and more talk about sharing

Sharing my experience on how being empathetic and protecting myself has evolved, being vulnerable and more thoughts on sharing our history of abuse and trauma.

Grief

We normally think of grief as a process one must go through when someone we know dies. When we were assaulted, abused, raped and attacked, our childhood, our innocence, our potential for a different life, our power and many desires were taken away from us, so it only makes sense that we also grief for what we lost.

Poetry of Warriors

I will read some poetry from survivors who posted their talent through their written word. I found that these amazing people can help us through the connection we have of surviving abuse. We all have different talents and even if we think we don't have them sometimes all we need to do is just to talk and we will inspire others.

Why did this happen again? And again?

This question has been in my mind for as long as I can remember, and I suspect that many of you want to understand why it feels like we have a target on our backs, noticeable by sexual predators. My friend Courtney, who is a survivor and Social Worker, currently working in her dissertation, has studied the subject at length and shares her knowledge with us here. She also talks about the importance of Consent and introduces us to: https://www.cultivatingconsent.com/

Four topics: Service, Sharing, Alternative Healing & Triggers

I had a lot in my mind and decided to talk about different topics. I've talked about 3 of them before, but I didn't talk about alternative healing in the past. I hope it is helpful to you in some way.

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