Trevor Noah Speaks to the Trauma Parts of Us
Very powerful video where Trevor Noah speaks on trauma
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Black Football Players Sexually Traumatized, School Does Nothing
They’ll try to survive in a society that consistently marginalizes, belittles, and even shames male victims of sexual crimes. Black boys, in particular, face layers of stigma—cultural silences, racial biases, and toxic
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Connections: Understanding the Feelings of Powerlessness
It robs him of safety, autonomy, and, most critically, power. Abuse shatters his ability to control what happens to his body or to stop the manipulation, coercion, or force inflicted
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How Our Childhood Abuse Can Impact Earning Potential:
If you’ve ever felt like no matter how hard you work, you’re still struggling to get ahead, you’re not alone. Childhood trauma, including sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, doesn’t just affect your emotions; it can impact your wallet,...
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Dealing & Healing the Inner Critic of Your Sexual Abuse
It’s a profound moment of clarity: recognizing that the decisions they made during those moments of survival were not failures but rather attempts to cope with the unimaginable.
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Bruh! Why Are My Relationships So F’d Up?
Years of harmful programming from both the sexual abuse and societal attitudes distort our understanding of relationships. Many male survivors often carry subconscious beliefs that
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Healing Without Excuses: Empowering Male Survivors of Abuse
The struggle becomes even harder when family members or others defend or excuse the abuser’s actions to preserve a certain family image...
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Healing Our Past
It was never your responsibility as a child to speak up about the abuse. That was the responsibility of the adults around you—the ones who should have noticed the signs, who should have protected you, who should have spoken up. Too often, society normalizes or ...
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Reclaiming Your Worth: A Message to Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Many of us struggle with the language we use to describe what happened to us. We hesitate to say the word “victim” because it makes us feel powerless, flawed, or weak. We question our worth as men, wondering how ...
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The Silent Struggle: Male Survivors and the Holiday Season
Some of us try to protect ourselves by walking away—setting boundaries that others don’t understand. We are judged harshly for not “forgiving” or “letting go” of the past, as though our pain should be forgotten for the sake of holiday harmony. In reality,...
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MSJ-03: Perpetrator Tactics: Introducing Pleasure to Abuse
At the best of times the child or young person often feels a sense of confusion when exploring sexuality. Sexual abuse adds to this confusion especially when perpetrators
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MPOD-18: Words: the Idea of Being a "Survivor"
you might be really on top of it one week and then all of a sudden what you’ve learnt has just turned bad and you just feel like a little pile of...