Hey - hello hello today, I'm trying some new things, and I have made a short video of myself talking about the last blog entry. This video is specifically for adult survivors of sexual abuse. 10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse These are big brave steps for me to put myself out on a video. All disclaimers needed! I'm very new at making simple home-made videos, so there's no fancy tricks, … [Read more...]
10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
I've written a fair bit about childhood sexual abuse. Children are young, small, and without resources. Grasping the innocence of those children is easily seen and understood. As adults, trauma survivors can more easily grasp the complex dynamics of being forced into abusive dynamics when still a small, young child. But for some folks, trauma and abuse doesn't stop in childhood. It may have started in childhood, … [Read more...]
10 Comforting and Corrective Truths for Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors
Every survivor of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) that I know has a lot of enormously difficult days when they struggle desperately with feeling bad, feeling lousy, feeling at fault, feeling pain. Those struggles can last for years. Healing does come, but on those difficult days, remember what is true. When the hard days come, it might be hard to remember... It was not okay that anyone touched your body … [Read more...]
This is Easter Weekend – Please Stay Safe
Hello, It's a difficult ritual holiday weekend again, and I want you to know I am thinking of you. Please stay safe. Warmly, Kathy CLICK on this article for more information: For DID trauma survivors with a ritual abuse (RA) background, this is a very difficult weekend, full of difficult memories, painful emotions, and system conflicts. Copyright © 2008-2018 Kathy Broady MSW and … [Read more...]
SAFETY FIRST: Assessing Safety of Sexual Abuse Survivors
This SAFETY FIRST post is one of the very first posts ever written on Discussing Dissociation, and purposefully so, because of the importance of this topic. This post was reblogged by Trauma and Dissociation -- thank you. Having safety in your life is absolutely crucial and critical for healing for dissociative survivors, so it is good to bring this topic back up to the surface again. Be … [Read more...]
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