- You can’t recover.
- The best you can do is become a survivor.
- It ruins your ability to engage in good relationships.
- Telling the story helps with the symptoms.
- Telling the world about how terrible it is helps with the symptoms.
- Telling the story saves others.
- Telling the story supports others.
- Trauma damages you forever.
- Sexual abuse means you can never really enjoy sex again.
- You will be constantly triggered.
- Mental health problems result from sexual abuse.
- You will never be able to have meaningful sexual relationships.
- You never be able to regain your trust in relationships.
- Becoming an advocate for the abused or for raising awareness, while worthy. may have a big downside for your ultimate healing and wellbeing.
- It is necessary to talk about it.
- Meeting others who have been abused for support helps you to heal.
- Unpacking what happened with friends or therapists is therapeutic.
- Trauma is a life sentence.
- You can’t change the pattern
You can’t recover.
