Shattering the Silence

(This is an encore post from John Joseph.) There’s often a thin distinction for me between laughter and tears. Folk singer Joni Mitchell...

(This is an encore post from John Joseph.) One effect of my early childhood sexual abuse has been self-loathing. For the longest time I ...

(This post comes from Mark.)   Over the weekend I had a childhood memory of trying to express love toward my dad by giving him Father...

(This is an encore post from John Joseph.) The  real me  is the me I choose to be as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I cannot chan...

(This is an encore post from John Joseph.) A Zen aphorism says, “Pain is inevitable.  Suffering  is optional.” I’m not Buddhist and I ca...

(This is an encore post from "J".) An addiction to pornography was one of the effects of my early childhood sexual abuse. The ...

(This is an encore post from "J".) One of the things that has kept me in the pain of my abuse is  not owning  it. So much of m...