Healing in Community

Healing in Community

What the Abusers Don’t Want When we go through trauma in childhood, our interpretation can take one of two extremes.  It can all seem so random.  It can make us feel like the most unlucky people on the planet.  How could so many bad things happen to one child?  In...
The Wilderness

The Wilderness

As a trauma survivor in recovery, I have spent a long time in the wilderness. It isn’t an actual wilderness. I am not a fan of the outdoors. Nature and my dissociative defense mechanism are not compatible. I am speaking of the wilderness that is often the subject of...