Shattering the Silence

Nightmares Every now and then I wake my wife up with my yelling and/or moaning loudly. It's not as bad as it has been because I'm ...

Part of what bothered me so much in the early stages of my acceptance as a victim was the loneliness. Unable to talk to anyone about the hug...

Betrayal has a way of causing a hardening of the heart. In medicine, if we give too much calcium we can end up with a condition we call ston...

Boundaries, I heard someone speak about boundaries in a context I hadn’t thought about.   In the area of sexual abuse, many times befo...

Change takes courage. Which sometimes I don't have a lot of. But I remember when I finally got desperate enough to reach out for help ...

Part 3 of Joe's story, Shortly after 9/11, I was diagnosed with P.O.T.S. because I’d black out frequently after standing up. I was...

Joe's story, Part 2, used by permission. By 19/20, I was working full time and met my wife. I was terrified because I feared that thi...