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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?

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Family

April 2, 2025

Tips for disclosing CSA to our parents

Tips for disclosing childhood sexual abuse (CSA) to our parents as adults, including prioritizing our safety and wellbeing.

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Memory

March 31, 2025

What happened when I tried EMDR for the first time

What happened when I tried EMDR for the first time to help me heal from my CSA (childhood sexual abuse).

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Family

March 18, 2025

Narcissism and healing from CSA

Does it help us to understand narcissism in order to heal from childhood sexual abuse (CSA)?

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Self care

March 18, 2025

On perfectionism and healing from CSA

Letting our intuition create our timeline for healing from childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and complex-post traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD).

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Pop culture

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.

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