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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Child-on-child sexual abuse (COCSA): Can a victim be older than their perpetrator?

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Sharing Your Story

Why can sharing your trauma story be therapeutic?

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Sharing Your Story

How can I explain to my Mom that I mentally blocked out my sexual assault for two years?

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Managing Trauma Impact

How do I continue to heal while attempting to build a new relationship? How do I break old habits of dependency or fear of my partner?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

If somebody perpetrates sexual assault as a young teenager, what are the odds they will they do it again?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Discuss how cyberbullying of members of LGBTQ+ community could cause psychological harm.

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

I was sexually coerced by a friend of mine. I feel so guilty for avoiding him and feel as though I am doing the wrong thing, but I oscillate between hating him and not wanting him to feel bad/excluded. I hate feeling this way. Is this normal after assault by a friend?

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Seeking Help After Trauma

How do I tell my parents I was raped as a teenager?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Is it normal for me to begin to forget my assault? I feel as though I am making progress and now I am forgetting what it was like to be assaulted and the memories are fading. Does this mean I overplayed the event or is this normal?

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Managing Trauma Impact

Is it normal for me to miss the person who assaulted me? I even feel jealous when I learn other people get their attention positively or even negatively.

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Why do I get sexually aroused when thinking about my childhood sexual assault?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Is it considered sexual abuse if the age difference is 6 1/2 years, and the abuser is over 18 years old?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Seeking Help After Trauma

Can there be medical evidence 10 years later after experiencing sodomy, rape or sexual assault?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Is grooming always between a grown adult and a child?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

I think I might've been groomed and sexually abused as a child, but my memory feels very scrambled. I feel guilty for thinking I might've been assaulted, what do I do?

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Meaning Making

Can I even call myself a survivor if it only happened a week ago? I'm not even over it.

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Managing Trauma Impact

How can I move from a victim to a survivor mentality?

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Seeking Help After Trauma

How do I recover from my rapist getting his charges expunged?

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Seeking Help After Trauma

Do you have legal advice for victims who are experiencing violence?

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Seeking Help After Trauma

Supporting Survivors

What advice do you have for the victims who are currently experiencing violence?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Meaning Making

Am I still allowed to call what happened sexual assault when it wasn't penetrative?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Healing Week

Is it possible to get flashbacks despite being healed? Does feeling nothing mean I've healed?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

Managing Trauma Impact

How do I understand why something triggers me?

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Meaning Making

How do I deal with family members who do not take my traumatic history seriously?

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Managing Trauma Impact

What should I do if my partner pushes my boundaries in a way that makes me uncomfortable?

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Meaning Making

How does forgiveness play into trauma recovery?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

What is the rape kit backlog and what are my evidence collecting options?

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Managing Trauma Impact

How can I deal with the mental and cognitive impacts of my trauma?

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Healing Week

How can I celebrate the small ways I am healing from trauma?

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Managing Trauma Impact

What is self-blame and how can I manage it?

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Seeking Help After Trauma

What should I do if I am unable to leave an unhealthy environment?

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Managing Trauma Impact

How can I deal with “bad days” when I am healing from trauma?

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Managing Trauma Impact

Since my attack, I’ve had sex. However, I can’t seem to feel…connected. It’s like I’m just going through the motions. I’m afraid to open up emotionally to anyone, and I’m not sure how to get past that.

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Supporting Survivors

I know someone who is physically abused by her husband, but she won't ask for help or file a complaint. She is scared because she has 2 small children and is also not independent financially. How can I help her?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

What is the cycle of abuse and how can this cycle be broken?

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Understanding Trauma & Violence

I was sexually harmed by someone of my own gender and now I identify as LGBTQ+, does this mean my experience made me gay?

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Managing Trauma Impact

How do I make this discomfort and confusion to go away?

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Managing Trauma Impact

Every year on the anniversary of my trauma, I feel a fresh pain deep down. I’m even triggered by holiday preparations, certain drinks, and other things that remind me of the season. How can I best support myself on an anniversary I don’t want to remember?

Leer Respuesta

Understanding Trauma & Violence

I don't want to believe I was assaulted as a young child because I know this person very well and can't see it in them to act this way but I can recall details and have vivid flashbacks. What should I do? How do I seek help for this?

Leer Respuesta

Managing Trauma Impact

Seeking Help After Trauma

How can I be in a functional relationship after experiencing trauma? Why do I feel so ashamed? Will I always feel this way?

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Child-on-child sexual abuse (COCSA): Can a victim be older than their perpetrator?

Why can sharing your trauma story be therapeutic?

How can I explain to my Mom that I mentally blocked out my sexual assault for two years?

How do I continue to heal while attempting to build a new relationship? How do I break old habits of dependency or fear of my partner?

If somebody perpetrates sexual assault as a young teenager, what are the odds they will they do it again?

Discuss how cyberbullying of members of LGBTQ+ community could cause psychological harm.

I was sexually coerced by a friend of mine. I feel so guilty for avoiding him and feel as though I am doing the wrong thing, but I oscillate between hating him and not wanting him to feel bad/excluded. I hate feeling this way. Is this normal after assault by a friend?

How do I tell my parents I was raped as a teenager?

Is it normal for me to begin to forget my assault? I feel as though I am making progress and now I am forgetting what it was like to be assaulted and the memories are fading. Does this mean I overplayed the event or is this normal?

Is it normal for me to miss the person who assaulted me? I even feel jealous when I learn other people get their attention positively or even negatively.

Why do I get sexually aroused when thinking about my childhood sexual assault?

Is it considered sexual abuse if the age difference is 6 1/2 years, and the abuser is over 18 years old?

Can there be medical evidence 10 years later after experiencing sodomy, rape or sexual assault?

Is grooming always between a grown adult and a child?

I think I might've been groomed and sexually abused as a child, but my memory feels very scrambled. I feel guilty for thinking I might've been assaulted, what do I do?

Can I even call myself a survivor if it only happened a week ago? I'm not even over it.

How can I move from a victim to a survivor mentality?

How do I recover from my rapist getting his charges expunged?

Do you have legal advice for victims who are experiencing violence?

What advice do you have for the victims who are currently experiencing violence?

Am I still allowed to call what happened sexual assault when it wasn't penetrative?

Is it possible to get flashbacks despite being healed? Does feeling nothing mean I've healed?

How do I understand why something triggers me?

How do I deal with family members who do not take my traumatic history seriously?

What should I do if my partner pushes my boundaries in a way that makes me uncomfortable?

How does forgiveness play into trauma recovery?

What is the rape kit backlog and what are my evidence collecting options?

How can I deal with the mental and cognitive impacts of my trauma?

How can I celebrate the small ways I am healing from trauma?

What is self-blame and how can I manage it?

What should I do if I am unable to leave an unhealthy environment?

How can I deal with “bad days” when I am healing from trauma?

Since my attack, I’ve had sex. However, I can’t seem to feel…connected. It’s like I’m just going through the motions. I’m afraid to open up emotionally to anyone, and I’m not sure how to get past that.

I know someone who is physically abused by her husband, but she won't ask for help or file a complaint. She is scared because she has 2 small children and is also not independent financially. How can I help her?

What is the cycle of abuse and how can this cycle be broken?

I was sexually harmed by someone of my own gender and now I identify as LGBTQ+, does this mean my experience made me gay?

How do I make this discomfort and confusion to go away?

Every year on the anniversary of my trauma, I feel a fresh pain deep down. I’m even triggered by holiday preparations, certain drinks, and other things that remind me of the season. How can I best support myself on an anniversary I don’t want to remember?

I don't want to believe I was assaulted as a young child because I know this person very well and can't see it in them to act this way but I can recall details and have vivid flashbacks. What should I do? How do I seek help for this?

How can I be in a functional relationship after experiencing trauma? Why do I feel so ashamed? Will I always feel this way?

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