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How EMDR Helps Incest Survivors Reclaim the Fragments of Themselves
Dec 8
When the Body Remembers What the Mind Forgot Sometimes, healing doesn’t begin with words.It begins with a trembling breath,a flash of memory that makes no sense,a sudden tear that doesn’t… …
The Impact of Trauma on Brain Function and Recovery
Dec 8
Your Brain After Incest When I first began learning about how incest trauma affects the brain, I cried. Not the soft, graceful kind of crying — the kind that shakes… …
Judith Lewis Herman Complex PTSD Quotes
Dec 8
The Wisdom of Dr. Judith Lewis Herman Judith Lewis Herman, M.D., is not just a psychiatrist — she is one of the first architects of our modern understanding of trauma,… …
Judith Herman, MD: The Woman Who Gave Words to Our Wounds
Dec 8
When I first read Judith Herman’s Trauma and Recovery, I wept.Not the quiet kind of tears, but the kind that come from somewhere ancient inside you — the place that’s… …
Finding Your Voice After Incest
Dec 8
Learning to Speak the Language of Your Own Needs There’s a certain kind of silence that doesn’t come from peace —it comes from survival.For many incest survivors, romantic relationships can… …
The Greatest Gift
Dec 8
Creating Safe Spaces for Incest Survivors: The Heart of Trauma-Informed Care There’s a kind of silence that lives in the bodies of incest survivors.It’s not just the quiet of unsaid… …
When the Silence Breaks You
Dec 8
Remembering the Sacred Self After Incest Trauma There is a moment in every survivor’s journeywhen silence becomes too heavy to carry.Not because it has stopped protecting you —but because it… …
The Continual Curse of Incest Trauma – Original Draft
Dec 8
Incest Can Be the Most Psychologically Damaging form of Child AbuseI say “can be” because there are always exceptions to any rule. All forms of childhood abuse or trauma can… …
The Continual Curse of Incest Trauma
Dec 8
There are curses that aren’t cast with spells or blood rituals.They’re born in bedrooms.In family homes.In the quiet spaces where a child learns that love and harm can wear the… …