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November 8, 2022

It was “bad enough” even if we can’t remember the CSA clearly

How do we validate our trauma and pain when we do not remember our childhood sexual abuse clearly?

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October 3, 2024

Should we watch triggering trauma content?

When it comes to living with complex-post traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD), do we avoid watching tv shows and movies about sexual abuse that could trigger our trauma?

Self care

September 11, 2024

Let’s talk about sexual abuse survivors and borderline personality disorder

Why are some childhood sexual abuse survivors diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) while others get diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

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Family

March 8, 2023

Healing from childhood sexual abuse with families who don’t support us

How do we deal with the heartbreak and trauma that comes from our families denying our truth? I received this question from Sydney Gal (she/her) from Sydney…

Memory

November 8, 2022

It was “bad enough” even if we can’t remember the CSA clearly

How do we validate our trauma and pain when we do not remember our childhood sexual abuse clearly?

Memory

August 3, 2022

Managing trauma nightmares without clear memories of the abuse

Alisa answers a reader’s question about living with nightmares and body memories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) without clear narrative memories and offers strategies for navigating symptoms of complex post traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD).

Memory

July 11, 2022

Freud was right about childhood sexual abuse… until he was disastrously wrong about it.

I discuss Sigmund Freud’s theories around hysteria and childhood sexual abuse and how he was so right about the epidemic of CSA until he decided to be extremely wrong about it. I share what I learned from Dr. Judith Herman’s book Trauma and Recovery on Freud’s discoveries around CSA, repressed memory and sexual trauma.

Pop culture

July 7, 2022

A List of Content Warnings of Sexual Violence in TV Shows

A list of TV shows and a description of their content and potential triggers around sexual trauma, sexual assault, rape, childhood sexual abuse and other forms of sexual violence.

Ask a Survivor

April 13, 2022

Would you like to contribute to Healing Honestly The Book?

Would you like to share about your experiences healing from childhood sexual abuse? I am writing Healing Honestly a book that will be coming out in 2023 that offers survivor-to-survivor support in healing from CSA and living with trauma from sexual violence. You can contribute your words and thoughts anonymously or with whatever name you would like to use!

Family

September 1, 2021

Advice for parents of CSA survivors

Hear from Alisa’s mom about supporting an adult child who experienced childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Read her advice for parental figures and parents on how to show up for CSA survivors in their lives in a way that centers the survivor and their needs.

Self care

May 26, 2021

Tips for going to the gynecologist as a survivor

Survivor-to-survivor tips for dealing with sexual trauma and going to the gynecologist or getting a pelvic exam, including tapping into self-compassion for why it can be so hard for us, asking for accommodations to make the office visit more comfortable and celebrating the accomplishment of going to the exam.

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