There’s a tremendous amount of conflict in all of this, so it’s important to give ourselves permission to feel all of these feelings and not stuff them away and avoid them.
A Community of Strength
Matthew Pappas chats with Larry Ruhl on surviving childhood sexual abuse.
Matthew Pappas chats with Larry Ruhl on surviving childhood sexual abuse.
Viewing Your Inner World through a Different Lens
It is like putting on a new pair of glasses and not even knowing what you couldn’t see until you actually see better.
It is like putting on a new pair of glasses and not even knowing what you couldn’t see until you actually see better.
Setting a Positive Anchor to Deal with Anxiety
If you can be conditioned to feel or do something, then it stands to reason that you can also retrain yourself.
If you can be conditioned to feel or do something, then it stands to reason that you can also retrain yourself.
The Diagnosis that Changed my World: Guillain Barre Syndrome
How many times can you think "This isn't happening" only to find out, yeah, it is, it's happening.
How many times can you think “This isn’t happening” only to find out, yeah, it is, it’s happening.
3 Ways Anxiety Keeps You Stuck and How to Overcome it
Can you really cure your anxiety?
Can you really cure your anxiety?
The Long-Term Effects of Bullying
And ways to cope if it happens to you.
And ways to cope if it happens to you.
You Keep Talking for Us
A powerful chat with Survivor and Advocate, Brian Cardoza (Including the "official" definition of the "man card.")
A powerful chat with Survivor and Advocate, Brian Cardoza (Including the “official” definition of the “man card.”)
Self-Acceptance and Building a Positive Relationship with Yourself
By putting on a mask we only allow others to see what we think they want to see, or what we want them to see.
By putting on a mask we only allow others to see what we think they want to see, or what we want them to see.
Coping with Family While Healing from Sexual Abuse
It’s important to understand that we do indeed have that right to use our voice and bring the past to light, in order to heal.
It’s important to understand that we do indeed have that right to use our voice and bring the past to light, in order to heal.
Survivors and Our Pets, an Unbreakable Bond
Pets can be a living, breathing, security blanket.
Pets can be a living, breathing, security blanket.
‘This Does Not Leave This House’ — A Story of Surviving Abuse and Sexual Assault
Survivors are the most resilient people on the earth.
Survivors are the most resilient people on the earth.
Suicide Prevention and the I’m Possible Project, A Chat with Josh Rivedal
Because silence is what brought us to this point where, in the United States alone, one in 5 adults suffers from some type of mental illness.
Because silence is what brought us to this point where, in the United States alone, one in 5 adults suffers from some type of mental illness.
Understanding Flashbacks, What are They and How Can We Cope?
The problem is, for trauma survivors, our warning system is on all the time.
The problem is, for trauma survivors, our warning system is on all the time.
Guys Talking About Why Guys Don’t Talk
Why is it a struggle to reach out and talk to our guy friends about personal, sensitive subjects?
Why is it a struggle to reach out and talk to our guy friends about personal, sensitive subjects?
Narcissistic Abuse and Brainwashing, an Invalidating Combination
As a child of a Narcissistic parent, you haven’t felt seen, you haven’t been heard, everything was always your fault.
As a child of a Narcissistic parent, you haven’t felt seen, you haven’t been heard, everything was always your fault.