Child Abuse Story of Healing and Recovery From Vicki2

by Vicki
(Orlando, Florida, USA)

My Story: 
I am an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse, as well as mental, emotional, verbal, and physical abuse. I am 45 years old and in the past few years came to realize that the effects of the abuse must be dealt with. I prided myself for years on being an active, functional member of society; a self-reliant and self-sufficient professional, undamaged by the past. But I was lying to myself.

The abuse affected everything - my self-esteem, my views of the world, of relationships, of men in particular. The abuse started when I was 3, when I would have been, should have been, learning about life from the eyes of a loving family. My formative years were totally entrenched in the harmful affects of the abuse.

I am now in counseling and working my way through work books that are incredible. "The Courage To Heal Workbook, For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse", by Laura Davis. Also, "The Courage To Heal, A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse", by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. If you were the victim of abuse, or know anyone who was, these books are an incredible blessing.

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