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10 Common Dangers in Recovery

Tuesday, 23 November 2010 22:36

There are ten common situations that are very dangerous to a person in recovery. Recognizing these dangers will help you avoid a possible problem in the future.

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Recovered Memories of Childhood Abuse

Tuesday, 01 January 2008 15:08 Recovery

It's very common for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to suppress the memories. (Studies say from 30% to 60% of survivors experience loss of memories of abuse.) When the memories come back up, they are often in fragmentary form-a touch, a feeling of nausea, a smell, a fraction of a scene.

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The Power of Embracing All of Life

Monday, 26 March 2007 06:40 Recovery

Believing in the mind/body/spirit connection, I saw Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - and the abuse - as a giant wake up call to heal not only my body, but my life. As part of responding to that call and fully involving myself in my own healing, I dropped into and engaged the "be-er" part of me.

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The Lessons That Just Kept Coming

Sunday, 04 March 2007 15:24 Recovery

Some time ago I wrote The Remembering, an article about flashbacks of childhood sexual abuse. Nothing much else has come back to me since then -- until last night.

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The Legacy of Sexual Abuse

Sunday, 04 March 2007 15:09 Recovery

During the many years I've been counseling people, I've worked with many people who were sexually abused as children. Some of them remember it all their lives, while others repressed it and remember it only as adults. In either case, the resulting harm exists on many levels.

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The Remembering

Sunday, 04 March 2007 14:58 Recovery

I can't begin to express what this remembering has done to me. The foundation I'd built my life on, the WHO of who I am has been ripped apart -- I don't know who I am.

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