From my own healing experience, I can say that healing is not a straight line – expect feelings of being overwhelmed, reaching the verge of giving up. Be prepared for an emotional commotion most of the time. Knowing how to prepare for it is crucial. Similar: Creating Your Support System
Building close, trusting relationships are complicated. However, it is crucial to push out of your comfort zone and ask for help. It’s instrumental to your healing. Remember you suffered from abuse alone, but you don’t have to go through the torture of healing alone. Similar: How to Become an Empathy Ambassador
We are living in communities where abuse happens daily. The majority of the abused lack the courage to advocate for themselves. I’m inviting us to become empathy ambassadors – stepping into their shoes and trying to understand their pain by engaging in active and reflective listening, loving them unconditionally, and advocating for their rights and...
Out there, we have sexually abused men. Society’s expectations of men have forced them to be silent as they continue to hurt inside. Similar: Sexual Abuse: Facts You Need to Know
Some people live under the grip of their past. They lack the skills to press through the past dark to the light of the present moment. Similar: Survival Skills: Tips for Healing Invisible Wounds
Dealing with invisible wounds can be challenging with a longing for a quick fix. The healing journey is a long-term investment of time and resources, and it is challenging in our “feel good” society that wants instant results. Similar: Do Not continue to Hurt Those Who Are Emotionally Wounded
The church needs not to be silent anymore. It needs to put qualified personnel and resources in place to enhance the healing of men, women, and children who have been sexually assaulted. Prayer is essential, as well as counseling. Similar: Tips on Why Procrastination Has serious consequences
Procrastination is a convincing sweet talker rooted in fear and self-doubt and can steal your self-esteem, convince you to postpone crucial decisions, and intensify anxiety. Similar: How to Avoid Retraumatization of Sexually Abused People
I’m grateful for the many platforms that technology has gifted us with. However, watching some interviews in the context of sexual and physical abuse leaves me concerned about people who are interviewed and unknowingly retraumatizing them. Similar: 3 Tips on Why Writing is a Healing Tool for Deep Invisible Wounds
Writing is an excellent way of expressing yourself and profoundly getting in touch with your raw feelings. Writing is an excellent way of expressing yourself and profoundly getting in touch with your raw feelings. 1. Writing is a healthy strategy in getting in touch with those handicapping fears that prevent you from genuinely expressing your...
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