Sexual Abuse Support Group
Sexual abuse is a relative cultural term used to describe sexual relations and behavior between two or more parties which are considered criminally and/or morally offensive. Different types of sexual abuse involve: Non-consensual, forced physical sexual behavior such as rape, incest or sexual assault, or psychological forms of abuse, such as verbal sexual behavior or...
I keep looking through the Survivor to Thriver Manual but most of the questions for the journal is about parents hurting there children. Which to me isnt really who hurt me (i say isnt really because i guess my child within thinks that them taking me to the hospital and having been strapped down to the bed is abuse i donno, but i no as an adult that it wasnt abuse they where just trying to help me). Anyways the questions seem that it is pointed at parents i no a lot of parents do this but they word the questions differently it makes me kind of have the sense like this Manual wont work for me.
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I am a rape survivor. The abuse stopped in 2010. But here recently I have found that the reprocussions have started now. I have a chance with my significant other for a real future and I am struggling. I don't feel like I am worth more than I am now. And I don't want to continue the pattern
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A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...
I too was not abused by my parents, but if you try to re-word the questions to direct to the person(s) who did abused you it helps a lot. They use 'parents' to make it easier to read so they don't have to include 'brother, uncle,neighbor,friend,' etc. They also ask the questions in a way to asses what really happened and to allow you to decide for yourself that you really were abused.
I actually found this helpful when I had to actually name the people who did things to me and it helped me come to grips that they really did do this to me directly.
I have been working through the book for about 10 months now and have found it to be a perfect way for me to express my feelings and heal myself.
I understand that something like this isn't always for everyone but it really is worth a try! I really wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't started reading and working on that.
Best of luck-let me know of any other questions!
When i was a child i had to have a few MAJOR surgery to keep me alive. I had a few bad experiences mainly having been strapped down to a bed when i was two because i started to rip my cords and tubes that where on me. I also saw children dieing and on and on. To a child being strapped to a bed it horrifying and to them can make it seem they did something wrong. My parents did not abuse me they did this out of wanting to keep me alive.
And I understand your statment about parents trying to help an injuried or sick child, it is not abuse but for a child it may have felt horrible