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Effects of Abuse: Nightmares and Sleep Disorders
Link to “Information for Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Nightmares and Sleep Problems” In their leaflet on Nightmares and Sleeping Problems after abuse, Rape Crisis Scotland writes: The trauma of sexual...
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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Link to “10 Things You Need to Know about FGM” The following is an excerpt from an interview conducted by the Lifting the Veil Project in conjunction with Purposefully Scarred (the full interview can...
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Rwanda, 20 Years Later
Link to “How Rwandans Cope with the Horror of 1994″ by Lauren Wolfe On this day 20 years ago, only the 3rd day of the conflict, hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children were already dead in a...
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Zabie’s Story: Using Yoga to Heal After Sexual Violence
Link to “How Yoga Helped Me Transcend Sexual Violence” I facilitate an 8 week yoga as healing program for survivors of sexual trauma at the local rape crisis center in Orange County, CA and I am the...
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Margaret’s Story: On Survivors Seeking Asylum
Link to “Margaret’s Story: Raped in Congo, Locked up in the UK” To mark the first day of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, Natasha Walter shares Margaret’s story: WRW research found...
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Brooke Axtell: “7 Ways to Help a Teen Survivor of Sexual Assault”
“7 Ways to Help a Teen Survivor of Sexual Assault” Brooke Axtell, an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse, gives parents seven simple guidelines for reacting to their child’s assault and how to help...
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Trauma and the Brain
Link to the Huffington Post: “How Brain Science Can Help Explain Discrepancies in a Sexual Assault Survivor’s Story” At a recent conference about trauma and the brain’s response to it, Bonnie Martin –...
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Advocacy and Burnout
Until you have experienced violence or abuse firsthand, it can be difficult to understand the people who have; arguably, it’s impossible. People who have never been raped, for example, often will say...
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What is Self-Care Supposed to Look Like?
In May, I wrote a bit about self-care within the context of burnout. I mentioned that taking care of myself is sometimes a struggle. I regularly meet fellow advocates and survivors who agree that...
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Treating Depression and Anxiety (and What Doctors Didn’t Tell Me)
Link to “9 Physical Symptoms You Didn’t Realize Were Caused By Depression” This is my story of tapering off of two prescription anti-depressants, Wellbutrin and Cymbalta. Disclaimer: this post is not...
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