How Writing a Book Helped Sarah Recover From Dissociative Identity Disorder
I asked Sarah Olson to be my guest blogger. Sarah, like me, has chosen to write a book in order to share with others her story of childhood trauma. Sarah’s form of dissociation was particularly severe....
View ArticleChildhood Trauma: Your Body Can Bear the Burden
The Body Bears the Burden is the title of neurologist Dr. Robert C. Scaer’s book about trauma and chronic pain. For 20 years Dr. Scaer was the director of a multi-disciplinary programme for treating...
View ArticleThe Importance of Research – Here’s How You Can Help
All the institutions that are in a position to provide the necessary funding and help to survivors of child sexual abuse need evidence-based facts to warrant their support. Governments, social service...
View ArticleSilken Laumann: Olympic Gold Medalist. Survivor of Childhood Trauma.
When I think of Silken Laumann, I picture a stunningly powerful woman who rowed her way to an Olympic gold medal. In her autobiography Unsinkable, Silken tells why she was able to ignore pain and push...
View ArticleChildren Who Remember Sexual Abuse
Many children who have been sexually abused don’t remember the events that traumatized them. Their brains have the capacity to “forget” trauma. (Trauma describes events that are both inescapable and...
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