Posted in Choices, Daughters, Emotions, Fear, Incest, Keeping Secrets, Life Stories, Losing Innocence, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Resiliency, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Trust, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, dads, depression, family, guilt, humankind, memories, mental health, understanding, tagged Anger, Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, depression, Emotions, false memory, Fear, guilt, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, survivor, Survivors, Trust, Victim on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, after coming into work I was called into a meeting. In this meeting we were told that one of our teaching assistants committed suicide on Thursday. Her father found her. She was 22 years old.
I had to shut all emotions off in order to greet and teach that day, but at the end [...]
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Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Belief, Choices, Daughters, Emotions, Fear, Incest, Justification, Keeping Secrets, Life Stories, Losing Innocence, Non-Offending Parent, Panic, Rape, Remember, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Trust, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, control, dads, denial, depression, family, guilt, humankind, memories, mental health, molestation, sexual predator, understanding, tagged Anger, Anxiety, Belief, childhood memories, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Emotions, family, Fear, guilt, healing, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, molestation, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, survivor, Trust, Victim on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My heart is tight and my emotions right at the brim of tears. The one person who my daughter trusted after her revelation and attempted suicide, turns out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Contingent upon my daughter’s release from the hospital/treatment program was the proof that she had an appointment with a therapist. They [...]
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Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Belief, Choices, Daughters, Emotions, Incest, Life Stories, Losing Innocence, childhood sexual abuse, control, cutting, dads, denial, depression, guilt, healing, love, tagged Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Emotions, Fear, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, molestation, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Trust, Victim on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am driving to work. I spend a lot of time driving. I am singing along with Bryan Adams at the top of my lungs while reviewing the material for the classes that I will teach that day. Without any sign or warning, the pictures start to flash in my memory. I try to turn [...]
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