This is Why Sexual Abuse Survivors DO Tell
This is Why a Trigger Warning is a Good Thing by @WillVanStoneJr
Guest post by staff writer Will Van Stone, Jr.
This Is the Reason Migraines Affect Sex Abuse Survivors
Bravery in the Mirror: A Letter to My Abusive Father by @KW_Writes
Do You Need to Find a Voice or a Friend to Survive? by Guest @mariah_k_mullin
(*Trigger Warning: non-explicit content)
How Do Men Deal With Sexual Abuse? Guest Paul Gilmartin @mentalpod Shares His Story
I feel beyond blessed to have connected with comedian Paul Gilmartin (of Dinner and a Movie fame). Today, Paul shares with us a bracingly honest account of dealing with covert sexual abuse and incest. I honor Paul’s forthrightness and honesty in dealing with his past, and helping so many others with theirs. 
This is the Reason Writing Your Story Helps you Thrive
Writing Your Story Helps You Thrive
I tell people right away I’m a survivor of childhood sexual abuse (either face to face, or through my writing), but I didn’t use to. I held that shame and fear of judgment in tightly for years, a filmy veil of anxiety separating me from everyone else. I didn’t feel I could get close to friends or even lovers, always holding back this ugly secret. If anyone saw the real me, the tainted, used me, they wouldn’t want to pursue any kind of relationship; either that or they’d use it against me somehow.
Do You Want To Share Your Sexual Abuse Survival Story?
The Reasons A Sexual Abuse Survivor Asks: Am I Permanently Damaged?
Am I Permanently Damaged?
This is just one of the many questions a survivor of childhood sexual abuse asks ourselves every day of our lives. People who have not been traumatized in this way will likely scoff at this question, thinking, “Of course you’re not! Why would you think such a silly thing!” or will actually say to us, “Don’t be a victim,” or “Get over it, move on,” — and when you’ve thankfully never experienced abuse, this kind of question does seem silly, and so of course your responses to get over it make perfect sense to you.