Trigger Warnings and Message Boards

For those of you who are new to the online world of adult survivors of child abuse, you might wonder what a trigger is. A trigger is anything that can cause a child abuse survivor to have a flashback, whether it is visual flashback, emotional flashback, body memory, or other form of reaction. Whenever someone [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

I hope that this holiday finds you well. I know that some of you are spending the day with abusive family members. Please try to keep yourself safe. Others are spending the day alone and feeling very depressed. Please try to remember that you are triggered. Those terrible feelings will not last forever. You will [...]

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Can a Child Abuse Survivor Be Too Old to Heal?

On my blog entry entitled Struggling with Depression after Child Abuse, a reader posted the following comment: Is there anyone out there as old as I (69) who is still, still trying to overcome the effects of traumatic childhood … I am not religious, but I must have faith in something because I keep trying [...]

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Is It Normal for an Abuse Survivor to Consider Repeating the Cycle?

*** trigger warning – This topic might be upsetting to sexual abuse survivors. ** On my blog entry entitled Orgasm during Rape or Other Form of Sexual Abuse, a reader posted the following comment: Please do NOT take this question the wrong way. What happened to us is horable and god forbid it ever happen [...]

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Does Society Dictate a Sexual Abuse Survivor’s Reaction to Sexual Abuse?

*** trigger warning – This topic might be upsetting to sexual abuse survivors. ** On my blog entry entitled Orgasm during Rape or Other Form of Sexual Abuse, a reader posted the following comment: If society were diffrent, would we all feel ashamed or question our reactions to the abuse as we do now? I [...]

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Message to the Person Trying to Post Disgusting Comments

To the person who keeps trying to post disgusting abuser-type comments on my blog, I preapprove all comments before they publish, so you are wasting your time. I just delete them. They don’t trigger me, and nobody else is going to see them. – Faith

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Sense of Identity after Child Abuse

On my blog entry entitled Unmet Needs after Child Abuse: Age Twelve to Eighteen, a reader posted the following comment: I wonder if this sense of identity falls into place when someone recovers there past??? If ive never been myself how can i possibly know who i am? This is a question im asking my [...]

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Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Host Personality

On my blog entry entitled Unmet Needs after Child Abuse: Age Twelve to Eighteen, a reader posted the following comment: Though I only remember that time vaguely, I’ve read my journal entries from when I was younger and I know that somewhere around 12-14 years of age I struggled with my identity. I actually wrote [...]

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Mirroring Other People’s Behavior after Child Abuse

On my blog entry entitled Unmet Needs after Child Abuse: Age Six to Twelve, a reader posted the following comment: I’ve subconsciously taken on mannerisms and speech patterns (including regional accents) of other people, once I’ve been around them long enough to consider them friends. Long ago I recognized this about myself, but had no [...]

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Do Sexually Abused Children Enjoy Orgasms from Rape or Sexual Abuse?

My second most popular blog entry on my blog is one entitled Orgasm during Rape or Other Form of Sexual Abuse. That blog entry has quite a few comments posted by child abuse survivors who experienced orgasms while they were being raped or sexually abused. Last week, a reader posted the following question: How are [...]

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