Experience trauma can cause issues with our digestive tracks. Digesting foods and beverages can be difficult and the wrong foods can make us sick. In this week’s blog, we’re sharing how to potentially ease this difficulty.

The brutal truth is that the world doesn’t stop for survivors. We’re expected to continue to be “socially acceptable” while trying to function despite the trauma. In this week’s blog, we’re sharing helpful ways to feel safe engaging with our bodies and maintain good hygiene.

Being able to function, practice self care, and sustain puts us ‘back on our feet’. And, it can help set the foundation for us to eventually become well enough to successfully engage in society.

Enforcing requirements for consent consistently delivers the message that people aren’t entitled to us or our possessions. It also reinforces that we are prioritizing  our own feelings, wants and needs over theirs. This messaging lets other people know that we understand our value.

Successful care for those of us with suicidal ideation requires the support and help from a licensed, trauma informed mental health professional. In this week’s blog post, we break down what suicidal ideation is and why it’s important to seek help.

Although somatic flashbacks can make us feel hopeless about the present and future, there is a way for us to get control of them. It is possible for us to regain control of our lives and happiness.

Silence allows for the false beliefs about sexual violence to persist. It also leaves the door open for people to be victimized and not receive the proper care or support. It’s time we move away from silence.

We’re not crazy. We’re not making anything up. We’re not helpless. We’re managing trauma.

Proactive education about sexual assault may help prevent your child from harming others in the future. It’s a good way of not having to say, "I didn’t raise him to be this way”.

Anger reinforces that what was done to us was wrong and not our fault - sexual violence is wrong. The feeling confirms that we deserved to be cared for. We deserved to be kept safe.

Centering feelings of boys and men, the same way we do with girls and women, may help us see them differently…as victimized persons. The only question is, “How do we start?”

Some mental health professionals believe that ASMR helps combat effects of [sexual assault] trauma, such as feelings of stress, anxiety and depression. We’ve dug into the topic.

The most important thing a sexual assault survivor supporter can do is to know how to be present without judgment or expectation. Here’s how you can do it.

Therapy teaches participants how to survive the violence in a way that doesn’t require us to abandon ourselves. In fact, a good therapist teaches us how to tap into our authentic selves.

Getting and remaining on the path of wellness requires us to wake up everyday, be true to our wants and needs, and acknowledge all of our feelings. We can do it. We can survive this.

We own our stories. Despite there having been disruption by criminals who chose to violate us, we own our stories. We determine who we are in this and future moments. We are in control of our lives.

The initial thought, as a parent, is that children will disclose when they have been harmed. Unfortunately, this is not true. Children (not matter their age) will only disclose when they feel safe to do so. Here’s how you can help.