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Healing from Sexual Abuse

Hopeful Stories and Thougts from Survivors

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    • What to Do When You Feel Triggered
    • Surviving Mother’s Day and the Holidays
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  • Success Stories
    • A Success Story
      By Joseph
    • A Success Story by Carly Milne
    • A Success Story by Britta S.
  • Poems
    • In Stunned Silence: A Poem for Male Survivors of Sexual Assault
    • Anger Poem (to be recited with clenched teeth)
    • Driving Back from Grandma’s House Poem
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Category: Success Stories

A Success Story in Healing from Abuse
By Joseph

Leave a Comment / Success Stories / By Joseph / February 10, 2014

I was sexually abused from infancy through adolescence by my parents. The abuse from my mother began when I was four or five. The abuse from my father began as a toddler and became increasingly more violent through most of my teenage years. And as a couple they involved me in their private sexual life. […]

A Success Story in Healing From Abuse
By Carly Milne

Leave a Comment / Success Stories / By Carly Milne / September 28, 2013

A Success Story in Healing From Abuse I have a confession to make: as deeply as I’ve gone on my healing journey, as much as it’s excavated and as proud as I am to have come out the other side, it’s still incredibly difficult for me to speak about – or even write about –

A Success Story in Healing From Abuse
By Carly Milne
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A Success Story in Healing From Sexual Abuse
by Britta S.

6 Comments / Success Stories / By Britta S. / August 21, 2013

A Success Story in Healing From Abuse One night I woke to the bright ceiling light of the bedroom. It shun into my eyes creating a white fog that hampered my vision.  I smelled alcohol.  Was I dreaming?  I wanted to scream…Then I remembered that this was not the first time this had happened to

A Success Story in Healing From Sexual Abuse
by Britta S.
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“My Story”

Donate & Watch My Story

"Absolutely brilliant, touching and
a healing piece of theatre."

-Rob Becker, "Defending the Caveman"

"An Angel Cried A Tear Last Night"

My play about how I began to
Remember and heal from the abuse.
Donate anything and you can see my play.

(Spoiler allert: It has a hopefull ending.)


Play link may take up to 72 hours to receive.

Reaching Out for Help

1-800-656-HOPE (24/7 USA hotline)

International Resources
(Some hotlines listed don't work)

Anonymous Online Help (USA & Interntional)

If the person that you are speaking with is not supportive, hang up and try calling again later (volunteers change shifts) or try another hotline in another city or country. If you are meeting in person and they are not helpful then walk away. Keep reaching out until you get the help that you need.