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Concentric Circles of Trauma
No, the easiest way to break up those circles, as any kid who threw rocks into the water can tell you, is to throw another rock and create new concentric circles starting from a different location....
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Grief is Hard, and Long
Something else interests me about grief though and that is the grief that child abuse survivors have because it's complicated. We aren't grieving a person we've lost, we're grieving something we never...
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It’s OK to Just Enjoy Something For Yourself
I came upon this idea later in life than some of you may have. Thanks to an abusive childhood and a fairly demanding church involvement in my teens and twenties, I was about 30 when I finally gave...
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Sharing My Own Story With Tiffany Werhner on Moments of Clarity
Yesterday, I was a guest again on my friend Tiffany Werhner's radio show/podcast Moments of Clarity. We chatted about my story of child abuse, dissociation, major depression, and eventually, my...
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Quick Thought #20 – As a Male Sexual Assault Survivor, I’m Appalled by what...
I cannot imagine the kind of harm we are doing to female survivors when we tell them they have to carry their pregnancy to term. That they remain in a condition where they have no choice. States,...
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Some Conversations Are Easier Online
I have understood this for a long time. I can write here and don't have to see anyone react immediately when they read it. I can see their reaction when I tell someone about being abused in person. I...
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When Triggered Some of Us Become Different People
As she and her guests shared their stories and the research around how this happens, I kept replacing all of the stories; the pain of giving birth, the struggle to bike up 4,000 feet of incline, and...
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