breakeverychain

For as long as I have been journaling, I have been experiencing this pain on the lower left side of my brain that I visualize as a sort of black hole.  It has been my theory that if I could find a

So I decided to make a creative writing journal prompt.  I thought it might help me to talk about other parts of myself if I could place them as characters of a story. The prompt is: You have

A lot has been coming up for me that is forcing me to deal with my dissociative processes more than usual.  I have known about them for years, but sometimes I feel like I have found a successful way

When I was younger, I remember someone saying something about how being a teenager was about finding your own identity. I don't know why this stuck out to me so much, but it was what I used to justify

"Programming" is one of the words used to describe the abuse I experienced in the aftermath that has always made me feel crazy.  I know the rationale for this, and it makes sense to me. 

I remember when I read about memory contamination in Kathleen Sullivan's book Unshackled.  She suggested that when a person was in the process of recovery, which is also called deprogramming

So, I have been trying to alleviate symptoms of PTSD and other aches and pains that seem to be a consequence of the experience of abuse for years.  In addition to this, I am continually trying to

The website Craftsy is having a special this weekend where you can watch all of their instructional videos for free. I am super excited.   I started to crochet a couple years ago, and I have

I was trying to research how large of a presence ritual abuse survivors have on the internet yesterday.  I found several blogs.  There are several sites with resources.  The experience project

What does it mean to have privacy?  I don't know that I always have the answer to this question.  Sometimes I feel guilty if I am not sharing every minor detail about myself.  I guess this

Journaling has been one of the most effective ways to overcome the abuse I experienced in the past.  Things that I still can't say out loud, I can say on paper.  Although, even then it has been