Carnival September 2008: General

Welcome to the September 30, 2008 edition of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. I am excited about the support this project has received and about the great submissions people have made.

Attachment and the Therapeutic Relationship posted at Secret Shadows, saying, "This article was written by myself as a survivor with DID. Professionally speaking, I also have a Masters Degree in Special Education: Emotional/Behavioral Disorders."

Dreaming in DID©: Using DID to accept your self-worth « Emily First Girl: ………….DID ……….Multiplicity posted at Emily First Girl: .............DID ..........Multiplicity, saying, "After a lifetime of confusing but incredibly vivid and detailed dreams, I learned that the characters in my dreams were all different parts of me. Understanding how these parts of myself (alters) helped and hindered me in dreams gave me incredible insight into how these parts contribute to me in my real life. When I lose contact with my selves, my dreams help me reconnect and understand."

The Force that Drives You to Speak posted at Healing Yourself Heals the World, saying, "Healing Yourself Heals the World is a brand new site that will serve as a personal account of the healing journey from child abuse and childhood sexual assault. There is a force within survivors that pushes them to speak and not only will this site be a personal account of the healing journey, but hopefully it will also serve as a place of encouragement and motivation to other survivors and aid in their own healing journey. Thank you."

It's Complicated.......... posted at My Clouds, My Storms and Multiple Personality DisorderI found this post showed clearly the difficulty Mulitples have with relationships. Here an excerpt: Or maybe I should say that I'm complicated. Being a multiple with my feelings walled off into little compartments can make life a bit confusing for me sometimes. However, I'm guessing it's not nearly as confusing for me as it is for the people who live with me.
Abusers Deny or Minimize the Abuse posted at SANCTUARY FOR THE ABUSEDExerpt: Not all abusers are dysfunctional. Many of them are pillars of society. Abusers come in all shapes and sizes: successful professionals, or peripatetic con-artists, affluent or poor, young or old, well-educated or dropouts. There is no profile of the "typical abuser".
How sex predators groom - posted at Imaginif Child Protection became Serious BusinessExerpt: Grooming is a process of desensitisation that sex predators use on children to prepare and trick them into accommodating sexual abuse. Grooming can take months, or days, and can occur on the internet, over the phone or in...
Multiple Voices: Finding the Right Therapist - posted at Multiple VoicesExcerpt: How do you know that you have found the right therapist or counsellor? Wouldn’t it be ideal to have a check-list that you can tick off when you set out to find a therapist? Sadly, it doesn’t work like this.
Good Fairy Helps Incest Survivors Forget Til It's Safe by Incest Survivor - posted at Wedding Pranks. Excerpt: Finally, from the corners where the silence still remains, there came the urgency to go to a mountaintop and scream out the whole truth.
QuantumShift.tv - Holly's fight for Justice video posted at Holly Fightforjustice DeSimone.Check out Holly's video about her fight for justice. Find out about Holly and her journey from overcoming rape and fighting relentlessly to get her perpetrator behind bars! Not to be missed! Gudrun
Dr. Jerry Mungadze, Mungadze Trauma Programs - posted at Yvie Stewart. Dissociative Identity Disorder: Triumph over Life's Greates Challenge. EFor a young child, life is viewed in simplistic terms. A loving family, a safe environment, food and shelter, playing with friends, and .
Courage in Patience - posted at Courage in Patience by Author Beth Fehlbaum. Excerpt: Ashley Nicole Asher’s life changes forever on the night her mother, Cheryl, meets Charlie Baker. Within a year of her mother’s marriage to Charlie, typical eight-year-old Ashley’s life becomes a nightmare of sexual abuse and
Read about the new book "Beyond Tears" posted at Lynn Tolson. Surviving domestic violence and sexual abuse, Lynn Tolson tells her story in the book, Beyond the Tears, in hopes to help other victims understand they can live a normal, happy, life.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of recovery from childhood sexual abuse using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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