Carnival October 2008: What helped - what didn't

Welcome to the October 31, 2008 edition of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. Inspite the fact that the carnival site was frequently off line this month there have been some brilliant submissions for the reader to enjoy!

What I Learned at Timberlawn posted at Secret Shadows. This blog post describes the experiences of attending an intensive therapy program at Timberlawn hospital. The reader learns about the struggle as well as the benefits of the writer's stay.

Self Injury: The Misery, Hurt, and Confusion Behind the Pain posted at Secret Shadows. Self injury is openly discusses in this personal record that exlores self injury as of re-encactment of the abuse but also as a form of emotion regulation.

Lessons learned in a therapuetic relationship gone wrong posted at Emily First Girl: .............DID ..........Multiplicity. Often clients don't know what to expect when starting therapy and what questions to ask. This post benefits from the clear vision of hind sight and gives suggestions of what to asks the therapist before starting therapy.

How to Integrate Animal Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Alter Parts | eHow.com posted at FaithAllen. It is not unusual for person's diagnosed with DID have alter parts that are animals. This post discusses the purpose of these parts and makes suggestions of how integrtion of these parts could take place.

DID And The Body: Driving A Courtesy Car posted at Multiple Voices. By using the metaphor of 'driving a courtesy car' this blog post discusses the relationship many multiples (sexual abuse survivors diagnosed with DID) have with their body.

Deserved Rape? posted at abyss2hope: A rape survivor's zigzag journey into the open. We have here a thorough exploration of who is responsible for rape. Is there such a thing as deserved rape? Don't miss this read!

artconstellation: UNABLE TO WAIT UNTIL I GET HOME I STOP AT THE LIBRARY SO THAT I MAY PURGE ONTO MY BLOG. posted at artconstellation. How to deal with the memories of sexual abuse that have surfaced after a therapy session? This post may not have answers but describes the struggle and the decision to grow stronger and move on.

Losing Time posted at Here and Now ~*~ 4 Angel~*~. It's often hard for people to understand the experiences of switching in the life of multiples. This blog post give a moving description of 'experiencing losing time'.

On Giving Up and Getting Up posted at Survivors Can Thrive!. This blog post describes the journey from wanting to give up to making the decision to get up continue growing and healing.

Holly Ord presents Hounddog posted at Healing Yourself Heals the World, saying, "Hounddog is a movie that exudes hope and infuses survivors with a resonating voice that says 'I understand, it isn't your fault, now take back what is yours.'"

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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