Dream (Flashback??) of Preverbal Abuse

I had a strange dream (flashback??) that has me wondering about possible preverbal abuse. I had a tough time sleeping last night. I awakened around 3:00 a.m. to use the bathroom, and I could not fall back to sleep. After about an hour, I turned on the TV in desperation and tuned to the same [...]

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A Reason Why the Holidays are Triggering for Child Abuse Survivors

On my blog entry entitled Is Anyone Else Struggling with This Time of Year?, which I wrote on October 8, 2009, a reader recently posted the following comment: I wanted to respond to this post because this is a huge issue for me. I have been thinking about it a bit now because the holidays [...]

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Triggered at Halloween Store

The weather over the weekend was absolutely gorgeous! Saturday was one of those days that just felt amazing … the weather was so nice that all seemed right with the world. I was in a fabulous mood as I drove my son to the Halloween store to browse. The Halloween store is only open seasonally [...]

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Progress on Conquering Eating Disorder

I have shared on my blog many times about my struggles with an eating disorder (binge eating/compulsive overeating). I actually had an 11-month stretch when I appeared to have beaten it, but I fell back into it again and have struggled ever since. I had renewed hope after participating in Beth Moore’s Breaking Free Bible [...]

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Recommended Reading Page

I have just added a Recommended Reading Page to my blog. I have read at least part of each of these books and highly recommend them. I thought having a visual cover of each book that you can click on to order would be helpful. All links take you to Amazon.com, and all proceeds go [...]

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Turning the Anger Outward after Child Abuse

A reader emailed me and asked me to discuss how I was able to turn my anger from myself and direct it outward toward my abusers. This was a tough one for me at first because I truly did not believe that I had any anger inside of myself. I only expressed anger about once [...]

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Turning the Shame Outward after Child Abuse

A reader emailed me and asked me to discuss how I was able to turn my shame, guilt, and anger from myself and direct it outward toward my abusers. The reader talked about the dynamic that child abuse survivors know well – knowing in your head that you are not to blame while, in your [...]

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