Alone and not alone: Implications for clinicians working with male survivors of childhood sexual abuse

https://icsatoday.substack.com/p/alone-and-not-alone-implications

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Alone and not alone: Implications for clinicians working with male survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Adult male survivors of childhood sexual abuse face unique barriers to disclosure. This study explores their lived experiences to help clinicians create safer therapeutic environments.

International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)

I wrote a computer program to scrape the internet for deaths in pig custody, Black historical figures etc.

I now have a list of 29,000 ish such dates.

When I saw it was Diana Ross's birthday today,

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I worked 54 hours a week for years, trying to build a life and a home from nothing. But living in a cycle of constant manipulation and abuse broke me. Yesterday, after the police and courts had to intervene, I chose my sanity and my soul over that house. Now I’m on the street, back to zero, but I’m still a fighter. I just need a hand to get back on my feet.
#MutualAid #HomelessHelp #Survivor #ChildhoodTrauma #AbuseSurvivor #DirectAid #EmergencyHelp #Gastritis #Anxiety #Support

Someone else said:

No one saw the three panic attacks that I had before I got to work in the morning. They just saw that I got to work late.

#abusesurvivor

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My brother asked me on January 10th where I had been raped at the age of 11. When I replied that it had been at his beloved school, he replied that he

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#abusesurvivor #blackautism #blackadhd #blackneurodivergent #blackmastodon

Safeline who provide the free therapy for me have asked me how they can reach the marginalized.

The first thing I've suggested is that they disassociate themselves from the pigs.

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My Mom is 86.

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I recently told my mum that I was raped as a child.

It is very upsetting for me that my Mom has to carry this around with her.

I'm not looking for sympathy.

#abusesurvivor

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I'm autistic.

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The therapy explains that there are three types of rape predators. I was raped by psychopaths - someone who knows what they're doing is wrong and picks on the

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I'm still surprised when someone I don't know is kind to me.

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I was raped at the age of 11 by white men. I remember that they were thoroughly enjoying themselves.

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Being in therapy...

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