Shattering the Silence

One of the saddest, most painful meetings I had with a group of men who had been sexually abused was when I heard Ron say, "Something i...

"I feel like I'm so many different people," Albert said. It was the second meeting of a state-sponsored group of men who had s...

Some experts talk about the masks we wear around others. We don’t consciously wear masks, but we submerge our true feelings behind a smile t...

(By J.B. Mahugh) Those woods were as much mine as anybody's. A few hundred yards from the house where I grew up was a small, forested va...

(By Tom Edward) Unresolved childhood sexual abuse, or any type of issue, doesn't disappear just because you grow up or ignore it. Past t...

One thing I think is absolutely true: When the abused are in a place of safety--most of us use the term "safe place"--we can face ...

As a result of early childhood abuse, I have struggled deeply with feelings of being alone. The abuse was revealed to me through a series of...