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So many #SexualAbuse survivors are desperate to make people take their side or get them to believe them, waiting their whole lives for that validation, and sadly, it often never comes.
We can still HEAL.
We can still HEAL.
If our parents or other family can't believe or support us, we still know what happened because we were there.
Our job isn't to convince them. Our job is to heal.
I don't blame my parents. They didn't commit the crime. I don't blame myself, either. I only blame the criminal.
Our job isn't to convince them. Our job is to heal.
I don't blame my parents. They didn't commit the crime. I don't blame myself, either. I only blame the criminal.
Many #CSA survivors DO blame themselves or their caregivers for not preventing it from happening or for allowing it to happen.
Feel they are complicit because they knowingly allowed it to happen. (Every case is different, of course. Not talking about child trafficking, etc.)
Feel they are complicit because they knowingly allowed it to happen. (Every case is different, of course. Not talking about child trafficking, etc.)
What my goal is with my books, blog posts, and weekly #SexAbuseChat is to help survivors learn heir healing is dependent on themselves, asking for support from trained therapists, doctors, doing what they need to seek out help,
not passively waiting for the past to change, or to feel better without recovery work.
It's hard work to heal and understand why our brains and bodies react the way they do NOW based on what happened in the past.
And yea, it sucks that survivors are burdened w/ this.
It's hard work to heal and understand why our brains and bodies react the way they do NOW based on what happened in the past.
And yea, it sucks that survivors are burdened w/ this.
I'm passionate about discussing this & so desperately want #SexualAbuse survivors to not let this defeat us.
I'm so saddened by the death by suicide this week of rape survivor #DaisyColeman. There were other factors (a man was stalking her and the police wouldn't help. Again.)
I'm so saddened by the death by suicide this week of rape survivor #DaisyColeman. There were other factors (a man was stalking her and the police wouldn't help. Again.)
If you've read this far, please know that YOU MATTER. Sexual crimes are the most invasive crimes a person can live through.
Not only do we have to prove the perpetrator guilty, we also have to prove ourselves innocent.
If I never hear 'he said, she said' again, I'll die happy
Not only do we have to prove the perpetrator guilty, we also have to prove ourselves innocent.
If I never hear 'he said, she said' again, I'll die happy
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to http://online.rainn.org .
@RAINN is here on Twitter, too.
@RAINN is here on Twitter, too.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or go to http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or here on Twitter @800273TALK.
#YouMatter
#YouMatter
