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A website written by and for child abuse survivors. - by Mike McBride

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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #178

When we can't remember the details, it's not because we're making it up.

#trauma #Abuse #Survivors #MentalHealth

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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #178
When we can't remember the details -it's not because we're making it up.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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New Post - Sharing – Strange Healing is Still Healing
Sharing - Strange Healing is Still Healing
My biggest epiphany in therapy was the freedom to make my own life moving forward, because I had never felt I was allowed to do so. Going back to the person I was before I was abused would not have been...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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New Post from Child Abuse Survivor - Sharing – Strange Healing is Still Healing
Sharing - Strange Healing is Still Healing
My biggest epiphany in therapy was the freedom to make my own life moving forward, because I had never felt I was allowed to do so. Going back to the person I was before I was abused would not have been...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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New Post - Sharing – 15 Spooky-Good Ways To Spread Kindness This
Halloween
Sharing - 15 Spooky-Good Ways To Spread Kindness This Halloween
Tomorrow is a good day to be playful, be part of your community, interact with strangers, dress up, and be silly. I'd argue it's the perfect day for it, because it's not only socially acceptable, but...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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New Post - Sharing – Here’s what happens to your body when clocks ‘fall
back’ an hour
Sharing - Here's what happens to your body when clocks 'fall back' an hour
If nothing else, the effects of sleep disruption can wreak havoc on us, and time changes absolutely do. 
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November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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New Post from Child Abuse Survivor - Sharing – 15 Spooky-Good Ways To Spread Kindness This
Halloween
Sharing - 15 Spooky-Good Ways To Spread Kindness This Halloween
Tomorrow is a good day to be playful, be part of your community, interact with strangers, dress up, and be silly. I'd argue it's the perfect day for it, because it's not only socially acceptable, but...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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New Post from Child Abuse Survivor - Sharing – Here’s what happens to your body when clocks ‘fall
back’ an hour
Sharing - Here's what happens to your body when clocks 'fall back' an hour
If nothing else, the effects of sleep disruption can wreak havoc on us, and time changes absolutely do. 
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November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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New Post - Investing in community is investing in our emotional
health
Investing in community is investing in our emotional health
That's not the society we've been building. You can't "other" whole groups of people and claim to be building community. You can't post constant hate and outrage online and claim to be connecting. You...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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New Post from Child Abuse Survivor - Investing in community is investing in our emotional
health
Investing in community is investing in our emotional health
That's not the society we've been building. You can't "other" whole groups of people and claim to be building community. You can't post constant hate and outrage online and claim to be connecting. You...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue 177

Happy Halloween! Today can be a day for fun, playfulness, horror flicks, and community.

#Halloween #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Community

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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #177
Happy Halloween! Today can be a day for fun, playfulness, horror flicks and community.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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New Post from Child Abuse Survivor - Sharing – You Don’t Need a Reason
Sharing - You Don't Need a Reason
Joy is in short supply these days, and if there is an activity that creates it for you, that is the best self-care you can practice.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Sharing - The startling emotional health benefits of serving others

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Sharing - The startling emotional health benefits of serving others
We talk about loneliness as a mental health issue often. We complain about the lack of third spaces in society. We complain about how people don't reach out anymore. What we likely don't talk enough a...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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New Post from Child Abuse Survivor - Sharing – World Mental Health Day 2025: Why Early Support
For Children Changes Everything
Sharing - World Mental Health Day 2025: Why Early Support For Children Changes Everything
If you think kids are resilient and they'll be fine, or that by teaching kids mental health and emotional skills, you're causing them to have mental health issues, you are depriving them of a much-needed...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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New Post - Sharing – World Mental Health Day 2025: Why Early Support
For Children Changes Everything
Sharing - World Mental Health Day 2025: Why Early Support For Children Changes Everything
If you think kids are resilient and they'll be fine, or that by teaching kids mental health and emotional skills, you're causing them to have mental health issues, you are depriving them of a much-needed...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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New Post - Free Safety Guide for Escaping Domestic Abuse
Available
Free Safety Guide for Escaping Domestic Abuse Available
I saw this and wanted to share it because the challenge of safely escaping domestic violence is immense. So many have been unable to remove themselves from dangerous situations safely, and we don’t...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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New Post from Child Abuse Survivor - Free Safety Guide for Escaping Domestic Abuse
Available
Free Safety Guide for Escaping Domestic Abuse Available
I saw this and wanted to share it because the challenge of safely escaping domestic violence is immense. So many have been unable to remove themselves from dangerous situations safely, and we don’t...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue 176

Make it make sense. We talk about rising mental health issues and keep doing less for people?

#MentalHealth #Trauma #Support #SuicidePrevention

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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #176
Make it make sense. We talk about rising mental health issues and keep doing less for people?
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October 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Yes, You Do Know Someone With Mental Health Issues www.childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/20...

#worldmentalhealthday
Yes You Do Know Someone With Mental Health Issues
Almost two years ago, I wrote about the prevalence of childhood abuse and told you that you know victims of childhood sexual abuse. I told you plainly then that
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October 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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New Post - Sharing – When Being Alone Feels Safer Than Being
Seen
Sharing - When Being Alone Feels Safer Than Being Seen
She goes on to opine that very few people in the world can actually provide safety. It may seem like a damning statement, but I believe there's a lot of truth to it as well. How many of us can sit with...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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New Post - The importance of unlearning our childhood stories
The importance of unlearning our childhood stories
I could not heal until I unlearned that my abuse was something I somehow caused. Unlearning that opened up the possibility of learning something different, namely, that I was abused because someone decided...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue 175

Looking back to September and Suicide Prevention Month

#SuicidePrevention #Trauma #MentalHealth

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Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #175
Looking back to September and Suicide Prevention Month
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October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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New Post - Sharing – Healed is a Myth and Marketing Tool
Sharing - Healed is a Myth and Marketing Tool
So many survivors want the answer to that first question. They want to know when this will be over and done with, but that's not realistic. It would be like me asking when will I be "healed" from diabetes....
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October 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Have you considered keeping a digital copy of positive messages you’ve received, and how it can help you see the value you provide? Have you reached out recently and sent a message to anyone to let them know that you appreciate them?

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Quick Thought Number 4 - The Appreciation File in the Digital Age
Have you reached out and sent anyone a message telling them that you appreciate them recently? Way back in 2014 I wrote about having an appreciation file, a physical folder for cards/letters, and an e...
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September 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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New Post - Sharing – New research illustrates how live events foster
social connection
Sharing - New research illustrates how live events foster social connection
If we're going to become a less lonely society, we need to take advantage of opportunities to gather together. It's that simple. It's also becoming more challenging to do as we hide behind social media...
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September 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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New Post - Sharing – The startling emotional health benefits of serving
others
Sharing - The startling emotional health benefits of serving others
We talk about loneliness as a mental health issue often. We complain about the lack of third spaces in society. We complain about how people don't reach out anymore. What we likely don't talk enough about...
buff.ly
September 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM