I just found the site “Let Go…Let Peace Come In Foundation.” It is for adult survivors of sexual abuse. I did not know it existed. A great resource for anyone whose life has been touched by sexual abuse in anyway…
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Helpful Site for Survivors of Sexual Abuse…
Posted in Belief, Bibliotherapy, Books, Choices, Emotions, Enablers, Fear, Happiness, Hope, Incest, Justification, Keeping Secrets, Life Stories, Losing Innocence, Non-Offending Parent, Panic, Rape, Remember, Resiliency, Sexual Abuse, Survivors, Trust, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, control, denial, depression, empathy, false memory, family, guilt, healing, humankind, love, memories, mental health, molestation, taking sides, understanding, tagged childhood sexual abuse, Emotions, Enablers, false memory, Fear, guilt, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, molestation, Rape, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Trust, Victim on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ending at 22
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 [...]
I Am
Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Fear, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, church, church of Christ, dads, denial, depression, false memory, family, healing, love, memories, religion, tagged Anger, Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, church, church of Christ, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, false memory, family, Fear, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, religion, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, taking sides, Victim on April 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am the mother of a child who was sexually abused by her own dad.
I am the ex-wife of the man who not only molested his daughter, but escaped from any consequences, because he kept her quite for all these years. Now it is too late according to the law.
I am the non-offending parent. A [...]
Childhood Sexual Abuse: Telling and Sharing of Life Stories
Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Emotions, Enablers, Fear, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, dads, denial, depression, false memory, family, healing, love, memories, taking sides, tagged Anger, Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Emotions, Enablers, false memory, family, Fear, healing, Hope, inces, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, taking sides, Victim on April 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Each moment is a breath and each day is a step towards healing. Struggling to survive and handle the tragedy plunged upon us. As I read the recent comments by other mothers who like me bear the ever gaping wound of knowing our daughters were abused, I am deeply touched. Your stories provide support and they help let [...]
Justification and Excuses Given for Sexual Abuse
Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Fear, Happiness, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, dads, denial, depression, false memory, family, healing, love, memories, religion, taking sides, tagged Anger, Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, false memory, family, Fear, Happiness, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, religion, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, taking sides, Victim on April 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There are so many of them, that it is hard to know where to start. You hear them and you shake your head while fighting the urge to shake the person who is saying them. What are they? They are justifications or excuses as to why an adult molests/sexually abuses a child. They are justifications [...]
Flashes:Small Pieces in a Haunting Nightmare
Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Fear, Happiness, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, dads, denial, depression, false memory, family, healing, love, memories, religion, taking sides, tagged Anger, Anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, false memory, family, Fear, Happiness, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, religion, resilliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, taking sides, Victim on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pictures and memories flash in my mind as I try to recall and piece together the past. With each one I try and attach a year or school age for my daughters and what we were doing. In my purse I carry a journal and have started a time line of life with my three [...]
Changes: Secrets Under the Paint
Posted in Anger, Anxiety, Art, Choices, Daughters, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, Fear, Happiness, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, Resiliency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, Victim, childhood sexual abuse, dads, denial, depression, false memory, family, healing, love, memories, taking sides, tagged Anger, Anxiety, Art, childhood sexual abuse, Choices, dads, Daughters, denial, depression, Divorce, Emotions, Enablers, false memory, family, Fear, Happiness, healing, Hope, Incest, Life Stories, love, memories, Mothers, Non-Offending Parent, Rape, resillency, Secrets, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Survivors, taking sides, Victim on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The panic set in along with the crushing push for changes. It started during November and continues to push constantly at me. It started with the dishes in the cupboard. The ones we divided up when we got divorced. Keeping them reminded me of him and what he did to his own daughter. We bought [...]
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This blog is the writings of a mother who finds out from her 23 year old daughter, that she was molested (from age 7 to age 11 or 12) by her dad and was told "Not to tell, especially not to tell your Mom." My heart aches and within this blog, and I hope to start a dialogue with other mothers who have gone through the same thing...Archives
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