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B, Rodney Fox never saw the great white shark that bit him almost totally in half and disemboweled him, with just his wetsuit holding him together long enough to be saved. No one saw it. Not Fox nor anyone else knows how long it lasted. His bod
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New here
by Climb1975
@ Today at 05:22 AM
My first post. I experienced CSA from the age of about 7 to 11 or 12 and have tried doing nothing about it. That stopped working when my wife discovered me trying to go on a date with someone half my age. She doesn't know the half of it... I hate us
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Your past mistakes are meant to guide you,not define you.
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good thing you wrote it down here, in case you forget it in the future
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Male Survivors
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mother's day was hard this year. as it is every year. i tried writing a letter to my mother. never did it. congratulations. you have passed a milestone. i wish i could follow your example. thanks for leading the way.
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all i know is i went through many therapists, and many different types of therapy. they all had something to offer. combined, i am sure they helped me. i have been getting professional consultation with my story since the early 1980's. i stop and
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Male Survivors
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controlling your environment and keeping it stress free (roommate) is important, but taken too far, can become an issue in and of itself. regarding your question... is this normal? yes. this is normal, for a survivor. you are a survivor. yo
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you will become stonger now. stronger than you ever have been before. strong in truth. strong in honesty. strong in reality. strong in indentity. it will a solid strength, built on a firmer foundation. it will be empowerment. infrastucture
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Survivors of Female Abuse
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Hi Aries. Man, it sucks that you have so much trouble around females but at least you feel comfortable around your girlfriend so perhaps that is a start. I personally don't have much of a problem around females in general unless and until it seems l
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Good post forgive777. Sex is a difficult issue for most of us. I noticed that you have kept the date of your last encounter with a woman (12/5/11). It reminds me of how obsessed I was with sex. I would keep track of the date, time, and place of my la
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Survivors of Female Abuse
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Originally Posted By: JoeSmithThank you Focused, I really appreciate your very insightful and thoughtful comments. I'm totally new to this type of sharing so half the time I think I must be making a complete fool out of myself, or saying too much or
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Cant, Geoff, V-V, b, Ken, Matt, Will, Jude - thank you all. your messages kept me going. everything you said helped. it was like a virtual group hug. just knowing you are there is important right now. and as you say - no matter where i am, you're a
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Originally Posted By: fhornsHey Puffer. Good to see you. Victor, Was that supposed to help me? It didn't. Not at all. I just dumped some on the new guy's forum. sorry if i didn't help. i guess it was my obtuse way of saying that i have fa
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Welcome back fthorns, There is no time limit on your membership here. Come back whenever you need to. Sounds like a painful time for you, but you did the right thing by venting to your support group, and here as well. Keep reaching out when you need
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Welcome LGV, You are right, we try to collectively heal here. Some slower, some faster. There are no rules about healing, except perhaps that the more you speak the truth, outloud, about what happened to you, the less power it will have over you. Bu
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Been busy and just seeing these two posts, thanks for the feedback and point of view. I wouldn't change a thing about the steps Ive taken. Turns out, I am the one kicking ass. Turns out, I am the one firing back, competently I may add. I have resear
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Family and Friends
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Things have been really bad with my husband since last year, after we had a baby. Triggered to acting out, cheating with a lot of women, drinking, disappearing, quitting school and just hell. Our beautiful son is 16 months old. I'm going to Al Anon a
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Hi Bardo. I read your post. I'm sorry you had to go through some of the things you went through with your family. If you don't mind my asking, are you still going to therapy and/or to any kind of support group? Also, you say you've been diagnosed wi
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Books, Music & Films for Survivors
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Thanks bud for posting these...both are great songs!
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Welcome, Gummy. You have come to a safe place where people will understand your experiences. Your T is correct... and I am glad he snapped something in you to cause you to begin to think differently. So very good to meet you, my man. bill
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Poetry
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True, touching, and very uplifting. Thank you for sharing!
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Male Survivors
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Couldn't explain it any better Eric Chase! Its amazing how you could find a short cut on how to see a dramatic event on my eyes its exactly how I tried to cancel all those memories couldn't handle it anymore until I seen a therapist! Its now about 6
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Male Survivors
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http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ibogaine/ibogaine.shtml this is the best resource for further information about ibogaine I have found. I'd also like to mention that many people who don't know their ass from their elbow have started businesses arou
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Family and Friends
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I also found out without my husband telling me. I tried to approach him, as smooth as I could, to let him that I loved him and he was safe now. He called me crazy, got angry, made me feel horrible. Then I found out that he had a son with the woman th
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It is still difficult for me to believe that Pbert53 is gone. It has now been four days since I found out. Now that he is gone, I feel alone because he was the only one who I really could talk to about my csa, especially since he lived closest to m
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