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Tag Archives: incest survivor
Now It’s The Donald – Men in Power
What the hell is it about men in power? Do they lose their minds? Their morals? Any semblance of common decency? Are they unable to think except with their penises? Today’s focus in on The Donald. Trump, that is. And … Continue reading
Posted in Incest, Outrage
Tagged amygdala, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, incest, incest survivor, Ivanka Trump, objectification, tapping
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On Being Molested – Part 4
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
Posted in Grieving, Healing, Incest, Outrage, Poems, Trauma
Tagged Arms Akimbo: A Journey of Healing, incest, incest survivor, Molested, parts, rage, warrior
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On Being Molested, Part 3
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
On Being Molested, Part 2
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
Posted in Grieving, Healing, Incest, Trauma
Tagged Arms Akimbo, child sexual abuse, EMDR, flashbacks, healing, incest, incest survivor, Molested, PTSD, survivor, trauma
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On Being Molested
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
Posted in Grieving, Healing, Incest, Poems, Trauma, violation
Tagged eulogy, incest, incest survivor, Molested, Mourner's Kaddish, mourning
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Heroes
I don’t have a lot of heroes. Not really. I do use the term loosely at times – thanking a sales clerk who digs and digs in the stockroom and finds me the perfect shoes in my size, saying “You’re … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, friend, grandpa, heroes, incest, incest survivor, my father's hands, NY Mets, Shea Stadium
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Grieving My Mother’s Death
Grief has walked beside me for much of my life. I have grieved loss of childhood, loss of innocence, loss of trust, loss of intimacy, loss of hope, loss of confidence, loss of loss. You name it, I’ve grieved it. … Continue reading
Posted in Grieving
Tagged death, death of mother, grief, haiku, incest survivor, loss, mom, mother, poetry, relationship
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Love Your Body Day (O…M…G…)
Psst…today is love your body day! What? Love your body day! Love whose body? YOUR body! My WHAT? Your body…you know, the thing you’re walking around inside of. The vehicle that takes you everywhere, goes everywhere with you. Holds all … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, Poems
Tagged body issues, healing, I love my body, incest survivor, Love your body day, poetry
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Body and Soul
I have spent my life hating my body. Feeding it to stop the pain. Stuffing my mouth…to forget my father stuffing it. Eating won’t make it go away. Ignoring won’t make it go away. Numbing can’t make it go away. … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, Poems
Tagged abusers, body as sacred, body issues, Food, healing, hope, incest survivor, No Body, poetry, re-living trauma, Soul, trauma
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Where is God?
I am without God today. Devastatingly without God. Without hope. I stress today, because I know it will not be forever. It just feels like it. Just. Hah…just. What a silly minimization. Unjust, more like. The feeling overwhelms, threatens to … Continue reading
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Tagged body, body issues, depression, feelings, finding God, God, healing, hope, hopelessness, incest survivor, No Body, overwhelm, survivor
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