As an adult have you experienced"but not limited to the following?
" Little or no memory of childhood"age 3 to 12
" Trouble with relationships"on the job, in your family,
" Low self-esteem,
" Panic attacks"mild to severe,
" Anxiety,
" Phobias,
" Depression,
" Inability to trust or trusting indiscriminately,
" alcohol/drug abuse,
" Obsessive compulsive behavior,
" Nightmares of being chased, trapped or surreal,
" Sensory flashes"unable to identify images,
" Insomnia,
" Suicidal thoughts or attempts,
" A sense of going crazy or feeling unreal compared to others
" Shame, guilt,
" Sense of underlying humiliation,
" Baseless crying,
" Angry outbursts/rage seemingly for no reason,
" Inability to recognize feelings,
" Mood swings,
" Emotional shut down,
" Numbing or zoning out,
" Arthritis/joint pain,
" Diagnosis of ADD or ADHD,
" Labeled an 'airhead'
" Chronic/acute fear,
" Headaches/migraines,
" Eating disorders"anorexia, bulimia, obesity,
" PMS,
" Vaginismus,
" Gastrointestinal/gynecological disorders,
" Chronic fatigue,
" MS,
" Fibromyalgia,
" Lupus
" Chronic back pain"L3, L4 and/or L5 region
" Cancer"predominately"vaginal, cervical or ovarian in women; testicular, prostate in men; however cancer of any kind can be as a result of physical or sexual abuse. Cancer is anger/rage turned against the self.
" Prostitute/promiscuous sex,
" Inability to orgasm
" Dissociative Identity Disorder"MPD
" Self-injury"self-abuse, self-mutilation (cutting, burning, breaking bones, pinching skin, ingesting, injecting and inserting foreign materials, interfering with the healing process of wounds, punching, slapping, picking skin, pulling hair, bloodletting, tattooing, piercing
" Wearing baggy clothes or clothes a size or two sizes too large
" Aversion to opposite sex"including homosexuality/lesbian
" Use of pornography"print, video
" Enjoy peep shows, topless dancers,
" Become a porn star or pimp,
" Sex offenders"male and female
Suggested Reading: " Heal Your Body, Louise L. Hay
" The Courage to Heal, Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
" Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women, E. Sue Blume
" Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child Laura Davis
" Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child, Alice Miller
" Breaking Down the Walls of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth Alice Miller
" The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness Alice Miller, et al
" Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries, Alice Miller
" Trauma, Amnesia and the Denial of Abuse, Robert Falconer, et al., eds.
" Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest, Mike Lew
" Wounded Boys, Heroic Men: A Men's Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse Daniel Sonkin
" Broken Boys/Mending Men: Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse, Stephen GrubmanBlack
" Female Sexual Abuse of Children, Michele Eliott, ed.
" The Last Secret: Daughters Sexually Abused by Mothers, Bobbie Rosencrans If you have experienced one or more of these 'symptoms' you could be a physical or sexual abuse survivor. Healing the emotional wounds of physical or sexual abuse is possible. Talk therapy, antidepressants and/or antipsychotic drugs are inadequate to uncover the emotional pain, and heal the trauma trapped in muscles and tissue. To fully appreciate the depth of this pain, I will quote one of my clients, "Even my blood hurts." A multifaceted healing process specifically focused on physical and sexual abuse recovery and diligent work is the most effective; wherein the survivor can replenish their emotional and spiritual identity and empowerment. |
