Resolve Counselling - Making Sense of Life
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Sexual Abuse Survivors.
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You’re talking to one! It happened to me and for far too long I did not know who to talk to, and who could make sense of my world.
I did not understand my anger, or some of my behaviours, or why I did some of the things I did. And some of my own emotions scared the hell out of me! I still wonder what my life would have been like if I had known who to talk to back then, yet here I am enjoying life |
like I never thought I would, and I love talking to other survivors.
And if that’s you then let me congratulate you for making it this far, because it won’t have been easy. The pain from abuse is very real, and there are lots of us out there!
However the problem is this: do you like where you’re at now, or have you had enough and want a change? None of us wanted that stuff to happen to us. Often we simply could not control it. Yet despite what the abusers did, one thing they could never take from us was our freedom of choose who we really want to be.
The choice we have today is to continue carrying that pain with us wherever we go, or turn it into a tool that will draw out the best in us and those around us. I believe that those experiences can make us the safest people in society… if we will address the pain.
Recovery can be a tough journey, and I have to warn you that it is only for those who will embrace Truth.
The good news is that if you have gotten this far, you probably have what it takes. Maybe now is the time to choose who you want to be now; still-the-victim, getting-along-survivor, or life-thriver.
However the problem is this: do you like where you’re at now, or have you had enough and want a change? None of us wanted that stuff to happen to us. Often we simply could not control it. Yet despite what the abusers did, one thing they could never take from us was our freedom of choose who we really want to be.
The choice we have today is to continue carrying that pain with us wherever we go, or turn it into a tool that will draw out the best in us and those around us. I believe that those experiences can make us the safest people in society… if we will address the pain.
Recovery can be a tough journey, and I have to warn you that it is only for those who will embrace Truth.
The good news is that if you have gotten this far, you probably have what it takes. Maybe now is the time to choose who you want to be now; still-the-victim, getting-along-survivor, or life-thriver.
Consider This.
If you have experienced sexual abuse in the past, come and see me at Resolve Counselling. You may be familiar with some of these symptoms:
- A general and ongoing sense of being ‘wrong’, or of having to be someone else in order to feel ‘safe’
- Social avoidance and hiding
- The Peter-Pan syndrome where the person never quite grows-up and takes responsibility
- Aggression and acting out in aggressive and dangerous ways
- Extreme sports and risk taking – usually attempts to regain a sense of power in life
- Insomnia
- Flash-backs or uncomfortable feelings regularly flooding through your mind and/or body
- Repeated relationship break-downs
- Inability to compromise or accept correction
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
