Category Archives: Trauma

Cosby and Quaaludes

Posted on July 7, 2015 by armsakimbobook

I’m all over this one. I knew that women were telling the truth. There were too many of them for it to be a hoax. Bill Cosby is a molester. A rapist. A criminal – he should be put in … Continue reading →

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On Being Molested – Part 5

Posted on July 1, 2015 by armsakimbobook

First, a totally irrelevant point – is it really July? Impossible – it was just March. Time really does fly…even if you’re not having fun. I continue to ponder my parts these days, as we enter into the month that … Continue reading →

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On Being Molested – Part 4

Posted on June 29, 2015 by armsakimbobook

How did being molested at an early age change me, I wonder? Because I don’t know who I was, or who I was meant to be, or who I might have been. All that can never be discovered or retrieved, … Continue reading →

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On Being Molested, Part 3

Posted on June 29, 2015 by armsakimbobook

On hard days, I still talk to my different parts. Most of the conversations happen late at night, when I can’t sleep. When ghosts try to enter the inner sanctum. When I am most vulnerable – at my most tired. … Continue reading →

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On Being Molested, Part 2

Posted on June 25, 2015 by armsakimbobook

The aftershocks of being molested as a young child can feel unending.They can come fast and furious, or wait for months before the ground again gives way in an earthquake of epic proportions. They hit hard, and I fall hard. … Continue reading →

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Burying the Ghosts of Trauma

Posted on June 24, 2015 by armsakimbobook

As I have worked my way through the worst of my trauma – the debilitating, breath-stopping, function-sucking part – I have tried to buried my father’s ghost hundreds of times, with varying degrees of success. In retrospect, it amazes me … Continue reading →

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On Being Molested

Posted on June 24, 2015 by armsakimbobook

How’s that for a title? Over the past decade, so much of my life has been about healing. About learning how to trust after a lifetime (really, truly – a lifetime) spent in the trust abyss. I have done it … Continue reading →

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Healing – Day 13: Choice Choices

Posted on January 19, 2015 by armsakimbobook

Let me start off by apologizing in advance to those of you who are vegetarians or vegans. Or who don’t eat red meat. Tonight is a night for meat as metaphor. I’m sorry – it’s where my ping pong brain … Continue reading →

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Healing – Day 11: Einstein Was Right On Time

Posted on January 15, 2015 by armsakimbobook

Let me first say that I know nothing about physics. Never took a class in it. What I think I understand from Einstein’s theory is that time and space are relative – if you’re driving your car at the same … Continue reading →

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