tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61104177337421612962024-02-08T19:33:58.171+05:30Askios SurvivorsInspiration, support and practical advice for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.Askios Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142798694946733801noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-28684470139963333012013-01-21T00:00:00.000+05:302013-01-21T00:00:01.481+05:30Leadership May Offer Protection Against Stress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although it is generally
assumed that leaders are more stressed than nonleaders, quite the
opposite seems to be true, Jennifer Lerner, Ph.D., of Harvard University
and her colleagues reported online September 24 in the<i> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://alert.psychiatricnews.org/2012/10/leadership-may-offer-protection-against.html" target="_blank"><b>Click here to read in full.</b></a><i> </i></span></div>
Askios Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142798694946733801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-46624363897819451282013-01-19T23:54:00.001+05:302013-01-19T23:54:38.298+05:30Dancing May Improve Teen Girls' Mental Health<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>"</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dancing appears
to improve the mental and physical health of adolescent girls, Swedish
researchers report online this month in the <i>Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>November 2012 </i> </span><br />
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<a href="http://alert.psychiatricnews.org/2012/11/dancing-may-improve-teen-girls-mental.html" target="_blank"><b>Click here to read in full.</b></a></div>
Askios Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142798694946733801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-73626012724459685392012-06-20T00:33:00.000+05:302012-06-20T00:33:43.569+05:30Watching Movies and TV Shows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Movies and TV shows that show rape, sexual assault, incest and child
sexual abuse can be very difficult for survivors to watch. Use the
<a href="http://www.rainn.org/get-information/sexual-assault-recovery/challenges-for-survivors-movies-and-tv" target="_blank"><b>suggestions here</b></a> to make your TV and movie-watching experiences safer.</div>Askios Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142798694946733801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-49984210673232293502012-06-12T00:48:00.000+05:302012-06-12T00:48:48.327+05:30How Survivors Can Speak Out for Prevention<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A short and inspiring clip by Stop It Now! founder, Ms Fran Henry. Worth watching!<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EStxXgV9tC8&feature=share&noredirect=1" target="_blank">Click here to watch</a>.</div>Askios Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142798694946733801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-10521779903176130112012-06-07T02:01:00.000+05:302012-06-07T02:01:07.661+05:30What is PTSD?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A short video clip that explains what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is, who it affects, and how.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqxiEe0RH-Y&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Click here to watch.</a></div>Askios Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277818076136296542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-58262129563021896312012-06-01T01:40:00.000+05:302012-06-01T01:40:48.469+05:30Depression in Women with Migraine Linked to Childhood Abuse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
... "This study confirms adverse experiences, particularly childhood abuse,
predispose women to health problems later in life, possibly by altering
neurobiological systems," said study author Gretchen Tietjen, MD, with
the University of Toledo-Health Science Campus and a member of the
American Academy of Neurology. "...<br />
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<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070903204940.htm" target="_blank">Click here to read in full</a>.</div>Askios Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142798694946733801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-85602061252119924992009-10-10T00:02:00.000+05:302009-10-10T00:02:00.480+05:30Addressing trauma - body and mindInteresting blog post about addressing trauma<br /><br />“.. <em>How can anyone address trauma without also focusing on the real impact such trauma has on the body? When you speak of rape survivors, abuse survivors, survivors of war - the body is just as important a point of focus as the mind</em> ..”<br /><br /><a href="http://dangerousharvests.blogspot.com/2009/07/heady-zen-no-body.html">Click here to read in full</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-63199211407366298572009-10-07T23:25:00.002+05:302009-10-07T23:30:59.633+05:30Healing Wounds with Words<p>Excerpts:</p><p>“ .. <em>Wounded Souls: A Collection of Poems and Songs, and its companion spoken-word CD (by) Ingrid D. Johnson .. A Winnipeg-based artist .. Johnson’s first book, Little Black Butterfly in Iridescent Sunlight, came out four years ago. According to Ingrid, it was a catalyst for major personal life transformations. This meant honestly confronting friendships and relationships that were unhealthy and manipulative. “I feel my new poems reflect my struggle to forgive and let go of the past, ways the abuse affected my voice and sense of personal boundaries, and my spiritual struggle to overcome all the anger, loss, pain, resentment, bitterness and sadness I felt and expressed in my first book. This new book is more positive. It offers truth, hope, healing and inspiration instead of anger, venom, rage, profanity and bitterness.”<br /><br />“my love for people who are hurting and lost is also an inspiration to write, and my anger towards people’s ignorance and lack of care for other victims and survivors drives me to speak up for the voiceless. I work with kids in care and [my] sincerest hope is that my words, my life and my story will inspire at least one of them to be a success.”<br /><br />Ingrid offers the following advice to people who find themselves in sexually abusive situations and relationships: “You are not alone. When you are ready, tell your story and don’t stop telling it until someone listens and helps you to do something good to counteract it. Overcoming sexual abuse begins with surviving — coping — but you have to confront the abuse and learn from its impact on you in order to overcome it before you can help others.”</em></p><p><a href="http://ingriddjohnsonmusic.com/main/?p=878">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-87734584658383445712009-10-03T00:00:00.001+05:302009-10-03T00:00:00.236+05:30Hollywood’s Twisted View of Child Sexual Abuse<p>An interesting and well-written editorial, worth reading the whole piece. Here is an excerpt:</p><p>".. <em>Once again, the adult's self-interest is being used to rationalize treating proven child sex abuse as though it is trivial, as though it leaves no lasting mark on a child's psyche or soul. Hollywood's defense of Polanski is no different than the Catholic Bishops' shifting of child predators from parish to parish. Both are serving reputation and power at the expense of basic child safety. Polanski's girls have been the fodder of the "great artist." What do a few statutory rapes matter, when you have the man who produced "Rosemary's Baby"?</em> .."</p><p><a href="http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20091001.html">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-85316879166504862422009-09-13T00:09:00.000+05:302009-09-13T00:09:00.345+05:305 Tips for Overcoming the Shame of Family Messages<p>".. <em>Messages such as “can’t you see how much I’m sacrificing for you” were designed to keep you feeling guilty so you could be controlled more easily. If you had a parent who said that to you, know that it is the job of a loving parent to make sacrifices on behalf of their child to ensure their child’s needs are met. It’s not your job to feel guilty because your parent couldn’t handle the adult responsibilities of parenting and the stress that goes with it</em> .."</p><p><a href="http://yoursocialburden.dontkeepsearching.com/child-abuse/child-abuse-survivors-5-tips-for-overcoming-the-messages-of-family-shame/">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-18925763491357837972009-09-10T00:07:00.000+05:302009-09-10T00:07:00.441+05:30Are There Really Any Survivors?<p>".. <em>what does it really mean to be a "survivor?" Does it mean a person is free from all the damage done to them at such a young age? No it doesn't. All it really means is they have stopped burying it and denying it and keeping silent about it, and have finally gathered up the courage to speak out against it</em> .."</p><p><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1988224/child_abuse_survivors.html">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-15713171843789870482009-09-07T00:04:00.000+05:302009-09-07T00:04:00.479+05:30DVD Documentary Captures The Pain of Clergy Sex Abuse Victims<p>".. <em>a group of clergy sex abuse victims, an offending priest and others affected by the Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis .. decided to have the session professionally videotaped … Their collaboration has produced "The Healing Circle," an hourlong documentary on DVD that has caught the attention of some Catholic bishops and the lay committee that advises them on policy and training after the clergy sex abuse scandal</em> .."</p><p><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/features/religion/51642087.html">Click here to read in full</a><br /><br /> </p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-30583238333602996272009-09-04T00:32:00.001+05:302009-09-04T00:32:00.353+05:30Book Review: Moon Cussers by Wade Younger<p>".. <em>Moon Cussers tells of the true life journey of Wade Younger’s search for himself in order to find healing and resolution from his sexual childhood abuse … While Moon Cussers is certainly written to help the victims of sexual childhood abuse, sexual abuse victims rarely suffer alone. The complex emotional baggage often leads to other, more symptomatic, problems later in life including alcoholism, depression, and abusive behavior. The book peels back the layers of distrust, self-loathing, and vulnerability to help victims and their loved ones understand the sources of these feelings</em> .. "</p><p><a href="http://www.pr.com/press-release/167592">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-34608990697042535062009-09-04T00:02:00.000+05:302009-09-04T00:02:00.478+05:30Unique Effects of Alcohol on Women<p>".. <em>Among female alcoholics, a strong association with major depression has been demonstrated. The relative risk for heavy drinking is 2.60 times greater in women with a history of depression as compared to women without a history of depressive disorder .. Women also have a higher incidence of premorbid anxiety disorders,42 and a greater severity of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms than do men with similar traumatic exposures</em> .."</p><p><a href="http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=178">Click here to read in full</a><br /></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-16282978749236026032009-09-01T00:09:00.000+05:302009-09-01T00:09:00.185+05:30Recovered Memories".. <em>traumatized individuals respond by using a variety of psychological mechanisms. One of the most common means of dealing with the pain is to try and push it out of awareness. Some label the phenomenon of the process whereby the mind avoids conscious acknowledgment of traumatic experiences as dissociative amnesia. Others use terms such as repression, dissociative state, traumatic amnesia, psychogenic shock, or motivated forgetting. Semantics aside, there is near-universal scientific acceptance of the fact that the mind is capable of avoiding conscious recall of traumatic experiences.[12] A body of empirical evidence indicates that it is common for abused children to reach adulthood without conscious awareness of the trauma</em> .. "<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/populum/diarypage.php?did=13891">Click here to read in full</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-70671420350454660652009-08-29T00:23:00.001+05:302009-08-29T00:23:00.620+05:30A Guide to Support Groups for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse".. <em>Child abuse survivors are more likely to grow up and become violent, abuse their children, go to jail, abuse alcohol, abuse drugs, and get diagnosed with at least one psychiatric disorder. Adult child abuse survivors are able to cope through therapy and support groups .. Connections between child abuse survivors can bring people together. The sharing experience can be liberating and offer strength. Child abuse survivors often lead a fulfilling life through the help of support groups</em> .."<br /><br /><a href="http://child-abuse.suite101.com/article.cfm/support_group_guide_for_child_abuse_survivors">Click here to read in full</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-72816778847886229482009-08-26T00:02:00.000+05:302009-08-26T00:02:00.230+05:30George Galloway Writes of Abuse As A Child<p>“.. <em>The Respect MP said, in his column for the Daily Record, he had been abused by a school caretaker when he was 11 .. The Bethnal Green and Bow MP wrote: "I'm not saying the abuse has ruined my life or anything. I've had a happy life. But it did affect my life and not in a good way and neither in ways I care to rehearse before you. Every time a Soham murderer or a Dunblane Thomas Hamilton emerges, I die a little inside as I remember that dirty old man driven by the same perverted interest in sexually attacking kids</em> ..”</p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8158647.stm">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-61366935088169196242009-08-23T00:08:00.001+05:302009-08-23T00:08:00.236+05:30Power And Sexual Arousal in the Abusive Relationship<p>“.. <em>When we think of children who have been sexually abused, we think of fear, anger and violence. Most sexual abuse survivors talk of the terror and disassociation surrounding the abuse. Many still feel that way as adults and don’t enjoy sex now, even in a loving relationship. But there are those who have a more complicated story to tell. These survivors may have hated their abusers but experience an unspeakable shame over the fact that their bodies responded sexually to the abuse</em> ..”</p><p><a href="http://forum.psychlinks.ca/abuse-domestic-violence-child-abuse/18573-power-and-sexual-arousal-in-the-abusive-relationship.html">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-66467479543435392982009-08-20T00:06:00.000+05:302009-08-20T00:06:00.190+05:30Dissociative Identity Disorder<p>“.. <em>DID entails a failure to integrate certain aspects of memory, consciousness and identity. Patients experience frequent gaps in their memory for their personal history, past and present. Patients with DID report having severe physical and sexual abuse, especially during childhood. The reports of patients with DID are often validated by objective evidence</em> ..”</p><p><a href="http://www.opednews.com/populum/diarypage.php?did=13837">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-63847840437543782772009-08-17T00:13:00.000+05:302009-08-17T00:13:00.806+05:30Holistic Self Care for PTSD and DID<p>Free book available for download</p><p>Holistic Self-Care for Post Traumatic Stress and Dissociative Identity<br />By Dr Cindee Grace, naturopath</p><p>Can download from any of the following sites:<br /><a href="http://amyweintraub.com/HolisticSelfCareForPTS.pdf">http://amyweintraub.com/HolisticSelfCareForPTS.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://www.amyweintraub.com/resources.htm">www.amyweintraub.com/resources.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.freedom-center.org/files/HolisticSelfCareforPTSD+DissociativeIdentity-CindeeGrace.pdf">http://www.freedom-center.org/files/HolisticSelfCareforPTSD+DissociativeIdentity-CindeeGrace.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://veteransinfo.org/ptsd.html">http://veteransinfo.org/ptsd.html</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-91576796001451679162009-08-14T00:09:00.000+05:302009-08-14T00:09:01.311+05:30Social Issues: Depression" .. <em>One of the leading causes of disability today, according to the World Health Organization, is depression .. the problem is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Many sufferers may not even consider that they are depressed, instead seeking help for physical symptoms such as sleeplessness, aches and pains, or lack of energy.<br /><br />Depression is a mood disorder and should not be confused with the ups and downs that are a part of normal life. Clinical depression is characterized by extended periods of feeling sad or empty, where nothing is enjoyable and physical activity declines. Symptoms include mood swings, feeling numb, changes in eating and sleeping patterns, a lack of energy, and a sense of worthlessness or inadequacy. In the case of chronic mild depression (dysthymia), a person can function but not to full capacity, which often allows the problem to go unrecognized</em> .. "<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=13056">Click here to read in full</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-38670673170731088332009-08-11T00:04:00.000+05:302009-08-11T00:04:00.433+05:30Book Review: Hooked On The Story of Getting Hooked<p>" .. <em>portrait of addiction offered by the Canadian author and physician Gabor Maté in In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts<br />.. Addiction is dangerous in any form. "There is no such thing as a good addiction. Everything a person can do is better done if there is no addictive attachment that pollutes it. For every addiction – no matter how benign or even laudable it seems from the outside – someone pays a price."<br />All addiction, whether accounted for by neurological, social, moral, emotional or spiritual factors, is based on the desire to escape one void and plunge into another. Addiction, which Maté cogently defines as "any repeated behaviour, substance-related or not, in which a person feels compelled to persist, regardless of its negative impact on his life and the lives of others" – is what happens when the only reasonable alternative to living with an incomplete self is oblivion<br /><br />.. Dr. Maté's book is especially compelling for its expansive account of addiction as consisting of all these factors in infinitely variable degrees – addiction is a condition based on a fundamental misperception: that inside us there's a darkness, and that darkness can only be evaded by something outside of ourselves</em> .. "</p><p><a href="http://www.thestar.com/News/article/580082">Click here to read in full</a></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-21739536718880879342009-08-08T00:01:00.000+05:302009-08-08T00:01:00.812+05:30Former ‘Idol’ Contestant Gets Skinny" .. <em>Mandisa’s weight has always been a painful topic for her, originating from childhood trauma. The Grammy nominee was sexually molested as a child and a rape at age 16 only added to her struggle. "A lot of girls turn to men to fill that void and some turn to drugs," the singer, 32, told People. "I turned to food as my drug of choice."</em> .. "<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/25391.html">Click here to read in full</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-50547011082162488822009-08-05T00:08:00.001+05:302009-08-05T00:08:00.326+05:30Abuse Victims Have Long Term Bad Health" .. <em>New research shows that abuse victims feel the impact of violence long after it occurred. A recent study in the Journal of Women's Health found that older African-American women who were exposed to high levels of family violence at some point in their lifetimes -- whether by a partner or family member -- are at a greater risk of poor mental and physical health status.<br />"Not just ongoing violence, which everybody thinks about, but even when it's over, there's something about what happens that seems to have a lingering effect that we don't quite understand yet," said Dr. Anuradha Paranjape, co-author of the study and associate professor at Temple University School of Medicine.<br />It makes sense that abused women would report worse health, given that people in stressful situations have higher levels of stress hormones, which interfere with immune function, Crawford said.<br />Other studies show a clear connection between depression and abuse. Adult women who have been abused in a relationship in the past five years have rates of depression 2½ times greater than women who have never been abused, according to a different study of more than 3,000 women. They are also more likely to be socially isolated, said author Amy Bonomi, associate professor at The Ohio State University</em> .. "<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/healthy_living/general_health/wwlp_cnn_abusevictimshavelongtermbadhealth_2009031322322256203">Click here to read in full</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110417733742161296.post-63806549781110284802009-08-02T12:39:00.000+05:302009-08-02T12:39:00.564+05:30Is He Hurting You? Love Doesn't Hurt." .. <em>Abusive people usually start with isolating you. Actually you may feel flattered and that he loves you so much that he wants you all to himself. Don't be fooled...this will not last. He actually wants to control you</em> .. "<br /><br /><a href="http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Women_s_Health_260/Is_He_Hurting_You_Love_Doesn_t_Hurt.shtml">Click here to read in full</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0