Posts Tagged ‘shame’
The Sexualization Of Children and How This Can Impact Your Child Sexual Abuse Survivor: 4 Tips To Help Them Stop Blaming Themselves For The Sexual Abuse They Endured
The sexualization of children is not the same as child sexual abuse and yet the lasting impacts can be just as pervasive. When we sexualize children we place them in adult roles, as opposed to seeing them as children. The sexualization of children refers to placing adult attributes on a child’s body and then assigning…
Read MoreThe Problem with the Sexualization of Girls and 3 Tips to Help Your Girls Love Their Body
The Sexualization of females often begins when they are babies. This sexualization can, and often does, have the lasting impacts of making girls and women feel a lot of shame around their bodies and fear of men. Sexualization is not the same as sexual abuse, where someone is forcing/coercing a child (or someone whose considerably…
Read More4 Tips to Stop Child Sexual Abuse From Continuing and Surviving Being Stuck With Your Abuser
This is for you, the person who is currently surviving sexual abuse being perpetrated against you, at this moment. I know you are feeling afraid to disclose, fear that others will blame, shame and/or judge you, and feeling all alone in your pain. The sexual abuse of a child, has sadly, been a problem in…
Read MoreHow Do I Talk To My Therapist About The Sexual Abuse I Experienced As A Child?
You took the plunge and decided it was time to seek a therapist for the painful past you experienced as a child. There’s just one problem! You’re finding it very difficult to actually say the words out loud. In truth, you can barely stand to think about your past trauma, so the idea of talking…
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