Study: Connection between Sleep Deprivation and PTSD Memories

When I was working out the other day, I saw a blurb on the TV about sleep deprivation and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) memories. The sound was off, so I couldn’t tell much about it at the time. I made a mental note to research the topic online later. I found an article entitled PTSD [...]

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Being Labeled “Too Intense” after Child Abuse

On my blog entry entitled Awakening to My Anxiety Issues, a reader posted the following comment: I have at times had people tell me I come off as anxious or intense. It really pisses me off when someone tells me that because I am not aware of feeling anxious at the time, and although I [...]

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Child Pornography Involving Infants

I have shared with you that I suffered from sexual abuse as a toddler. One of my earliest flashbacks is of my mother/abuser removing my diaper to sexually abuse me. When I share my story with people offline, that seems to be the hardest form of child abuse for people to grasp or believe. They [...]

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