In trauma recovery it is said, “You’ve done the hardest part — you survived the abuse.” After
a year of accepting that I was sexually abused as a child, I’m finally
starting to understand that recovery isn’t the hardest part. The shame
is less automatic now, and the past is getting clearer.
As a child suffering abuse we don’t understand exactly what’s happening to us. Sex and sexuality is a mystery, so it’s not easy to recognize sexual abuse. Physical abuse is also confusing. We are tricked into thinking we’ve done something to deserve maltreatment. And in the end, we give in to this naive hope: “Everything is normal. No one would let abuse happen to me. I’m not in an unsafe situation.”
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/07/06/recovering-from-childhood-abuse-the-past-keeps-getting-clearer/#.V33nF6qSAHc.facebook
As a child suffering abuse we don’t understand exactly what’s happening to us. Sex and sexuality is a mystery, so it’s not easy to recognize sexual abuse. Physical abuse is also confusing. We are tricked into thinking we’ve done something to deserve maltreatment. And in the end, we give in to this naive hope: “Everything is normal. No one would let abuse happen to me. I’m not in an unsafe situation.”
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/07/06/recovering-from-childhood-abuse-the-past-keeps-getting-clearer/#.V33nF6qSAHc.facebook