Sleepless Nights as a Result of Childhood Sexual Abuse
As I remembered my incest, it affected my sleep. I kept saying to myself, “I am JUST A CHILD – I JUST WANT TO SLEEP.”
Amnesia with Sexual Abuse
Believing I was going crazy
This shows my feelings prior to my remembering the sexual abuse I experienced as a child. I didn’t know that I had amnesia so my symptoms of terror seemed crazy. I could not understand why I was so gripped by these fears particularly the paranoia of someone “going to get me.”
Swept Away on the Turbulent Wave of Remembering – Childhood Sexual Abuse
Remembering is a wave of turbulence Spiraling down Believing you will die from its force Or drown in your grief over your loss of innocence Tumbling round and round Repeating over and over I was just a child At times the ride feels terrifying At times hopeless You want to rage at the injustice! How could this have happened? Will this ever end? It Will End If you don’t give up and You ride the wave to completion The immense turbulence will lessen And the once scary ride will be joyous by Lori Golden ======================== … Read more