Freemasons and Child Abuse

A reader asked me to address any knowledge that I have about the Freemasons and ritual abuse. My sister is convinced that she and I suffered ritual abuse at the hands of the Freemasons. I don’t have any specific memories (yet??) of this connection myself. I guess that, for me, the fact that I was [...]

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Don’t Tell Me How I Feel!!

As you know, I took last week off from blogging because I had a very busy week juggling both of my part-time jobs. On top of this, I came down with a cold on Sunday night, so it was quite a week. On Wednesday, I put in an 11-hour day at one job, two hours [...]

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Taking the Week Off

Hi, everyone. I hate to do it, but I am going to have to take this week off from Blooming Lotus. I have one more week to go of crazy hours with my new job, and now my “old” job is starting up again, too. I will be putting in well over 40 hours this [...]

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What it Feels Like to Get Triggered without Flashbacks

Yesterday, I addressed the topic of whether a child abuse survivor can get triggered without having any memories of flashback associated with the triggering. On that blog entry, a reader posted the following comment: I had always thought my triggering was me just being unbalanced and messed up. I was verrry hard on myself and [...]

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Can a Child Abuse Survivor Get Triggered with No Flashbacks or Memories?

On my blog entry entitled Living in the Present to Dismantle Triggers, a reader posted the following question: I have a question about triggers. I have only recently begun to uncover memories as vague pictures in my head, so there are not many of them. Whenever I read or hear about people being triggered by [...]

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Administrative Note

Everyone, Please bear with me in responding to comments and emails. This is the busy season for my new job. I am working well over 30 hours a week in addition to my other responsibilities, so I am very behind on reading comments and emails. I am triaging by reviewing all comments that go to [...]

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Are Virgin Waxes and Botox for Children Abusive?

Building on what I was discussing in my last blog entry, sometimes a person experiences trauma even when the one causing the trauma did not intend trauma. I see this dynamic in some of the comments posted to my blog entry entitled Enemas, Tubes, and Object Insertion as Part of Child Abuse. While the perpetrators [...]

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Many Facets of Teen Rape

I am reading Jodi Picoult’s book, The Tenth Circle, for my book club. I did not know that this was a book about teen rape when we decided to read this book. If I had, I would have voted to read another book this month. I am slammed with my new job and won’t come [...]

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Dual Consciousness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

On my blog entry entitled “I Don’t Know If I Have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)”, a reader posted the following comment: Faith, I was wondering if you could do a post about night terrors. Like when u wake up soaked in sweet and thinking its real. You stuck in the past. The cry. The heavy [...]

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Learning How to Love and Accept Your Body

On my blog entry entitled Issues with Body Image after Child Abuse, a reader posted the following comment: It must be hard to have more than one part who is not happy with your body. That is something I would have never considered till you described it. I have enough trouble with just a single [...]

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