“The reason for entering the struggle is a desire for more; a taste of what life and love could be if freed from the dark memories and deep shame. No one leaves the lethargy of denial unless there is a spark of discontent that pierces the darkness of daily numbness. To live significantly less than what one was made to be is as severe a betrayal of the soul as the original abuse.” HealingAbuseTraumaTherapyChild AbuseChild Sexual AbuseAbuse SurvivorsHealing JourneyNumbnessChild Trauma Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
“It seems many people operate on the principle that whatever happened to them is not abuse, but if it had happened to someone else, or if it had been a bit more extreme, then it would have been abusive.” AbuseDenialChild Sexual AbuseAbuse SurvivorsChild Trauma Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
“Whether the perpetrator is acting under direct satanic sway, or indirectly in the way that all sin can be ultimately tied to satan's province, a certain degree of deceit and subtlety can be assumed in all sexual abuse.” Child AbuseSexual AbuseChild Sexual AbuseSatanicChristian Counseling Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
“The issues that are found in all our lives are more intensely and dramatically present in the struggles of those who have been sexually abused. An understanding of sexual abuse, therefore, will help make clear what happens to anyone's soul when he or she is sinned against; whether normally and inevitably, or severely--when abuse occurs.” Sexual AbuseChild Sexual AbusePastoral CareChristian Counseling Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
“Sexual abuse is any contact or interaction--visual, verbal, or psychological--between a child/adolescent and an adult when the child/adolescent is being used for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator, or any other person.” Sexual AbuseChild Sexual AbuseChildhood TraumaAbuse SurvivorSexual Abuse Survivor Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
