by Elisabeth | Jan 22, 2015 | Freedom Fighters
My family members were masters at squashing rebellion. It is what any good (or bad) dictator learns how to do before all else. It only takes one person to rise up against you, one bad link in the chain, and the empire can fall. Personally, I could not imagine...
by Elisabeth | Jan 5, 2015 | Defenders, Recovery
When I was growing up, I never grew up. I grew upward. I grew taller as most kids do. But many aspects of my development stopped at a very young age. While my brain grew intellectually, my unprocessed emotions from my traumatic experiences thwarted my reliance on...
by Elisabeth | Dec 4, 2014 | Dissociation, Memory Repression
The other day, during my presentation to an audience of medical professionals, one of the doctors asked a good question. “Many of these victims eventually become abusers, so what do we do when they start abusing others? How do we treat them when they are no longer a...
by Elisabeth | Nov 24, 2014 | Trauma In Society
You have probably heard about the Rolling Stone article discussing the prevalence and denial of sexual violence at the University of Virginia. Or maybe you haven’t heard because unlike me, you are not an alumnus of that University and do not follow hundreds of...
by Elisabeth | Nov 6, 2014 | Inner Children, Parenting
Stronger Than You Realize by Kris Rozelle Dear Inner Child, You’ve been through so much and I am not sure how you coped. Your strength inspires me with every memory I recover. I know you are the reason we are alive today. And I thank you for all you did to keep going....