Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Recovery is a responsibility to yourself and the life you are living on the thriving end of surviving trauma. As someone recovering from trauma, you have a responsibility to yourself to feel your feelings, confront your fears, andRead More
The Pennsylvania court is taking action to ensure the recovery and justice for others to come, at least in the legal sense. In “More than 300 accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse” The Washington Post reported that “In addition to ending such limitations for criminal cases, the grand jury alsoRead More
The secret keeping involved with situations like the scandal of sexual abuse in the Catholic church which was exposed on Tuesday, August 14th in a report by the Pennsylvania grand jury are not exclusive to the cycle of abuse happening between the abuser, the priests and bishops and clergymen involved, and the victims of abuse.Read More
Boundaries are not fun to discuss. They are even less fun to implement, especially if people are used to breaking boundaries and not honoring them. Boundaries are meant to keep people healthy and negotiate differences of values and opinions in a safe way. Sometimes people negotiate boundaries in relationships, but some things are simplyRead More
On Tuesday, August 14, 2018, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro was tasked with leading a press conference to read parts of a report put together by the Pennsylvania grand jury. The 1400 page report was the end result of an 18 month investigation into the sexual abuse of children, teenagers, and legal adults in aRead More
Rest is a difficult thing for people in recovery. Quite often, they are restless, struggling with mental health issues, and possibly in physical pain. Early recovery also messes with the body’s ability to stay focused, feel level, and there are no substances to keep symptoms of PTSD or other issues away. At the endRead More
Mistakenly, people try to remove the shame of relapse by cooing that “relapse is part of the recovery process.” In her book The Trauma Heart, internationally renown trauma therapist Judy Crane succinctly states that “Relapse is inevitable without trauma resolution.” Crane cites Dr. Gabor Mate who wrote about addiction relapse, “…research clearly shows that theRead More
The internet is full of dark and scary nooks and crannies where people of all walks of life find solace in community solidarity for varying vices. Eating disorder support is one of the many dangerous vices which find a home in the hidden, evasive corners of the internet. Despite the context of the extremely harmfulRead More
After working diligently to reconnect with your inner child in trauma treatment and trauma therapy, you might find yourself putting them on the back burner. When we are in tremendous amounts of pain, we are in desperation and will prioritize whatever necessary to make the pain stop. Once the pain of our wounded inner childRead More
In the recently released eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases manual published by WHO, the organization designates “Compulsive Sexual Behavioral Disorder” as opposed to “sex addiction”. The organization recognizes that millions are indeed suffering from a disordered relationship to sex and sexual activity, but suggests that there is not yet enough research toRead More