Inspiration. Such amazing strength of spirit. Words of such encouragement - resilience - inspiration - hope - written even in despair By two young, heartbroken, high school students who survived a deadly horrific trauma. Surprised and terrified by a horrible act of fatal violence in their very own school. Needing to express their overwhelming feelings, two of the drama students wrote this … [Read more...]
How Do You Define Yourself?
How do you define yourself? I saw this beautiful poem tacked to the wall of a kind and generous charitable organization. I read it over and over, and couldn't leave without writing it down. I do not know the author, but whoever they are, they have put a wonderful, inspiring message out. I am pleased to be able to share it with you. So many of you feel defined by what has happened to you, or by what your Abusers … [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...]
Baby Pies — A Bird Story
I do have some short little stories I would like to share that are on the fun side. Animals have always been very important to me, and for most years of my life, I have had a variety of pets – lots of cats, dogs, horses – and when I was little I had a pet raccoon called Petunia, a pet pig called Snorkie, and a pet calf called Grassyhopper. I would be writing for a very long time if I started through the list of … [Read more...]
Mind Control in the Media
So the TV show, “One Life to Live,” is doing it again. They are bringing the concepts of DID / MPD, dissociation, dissociative splitting, programming, and mind control into the story line. I haven’t quite decided what I think about this yet – I’m waiting to see where they go with it – but I did want to start an area open for discussion in case any of the readers of this blog have anything to say about … [Read more...]