And Receive Your Own Professional Advice So You Can Begin Healing!
Sharing a child abuse story is not easy. Yet, in order to heal and begin having a better relationship with yourself, it's important to share the experience with others.
In a way, sharing this major event validates your feelings and beliefs about the incidents you have endured during childhood.
Although your feelings may be validated, this is only the beginning of healing. You will have to work hard on analyzing your relationships, your self-talk, and your overall perception of yourself in order to heal completely.
Yet, there is much more! You will have to be patient, determined, motivated, and willing to experience times of trouble, pain, frustration, and anger toward the ones who have hurt you.
The most difficult part of healing will be forgiveness.
So, are you ready to begin healing?
Great!!
Here are the steps:
1.) Get reacquainted with your past. Go back to those painful memories and let yourself feel them without judgment. You can begin this by writing in a journal.
2.) Research books and other resources about healing from childhood abuse. You need to gain as much insight as possible during your time of healing. I'm in the process of writing a free e-book about how to heal from your child abuse story. Click here for more information!
3.) Build yourself up as much as possible. Build your self-esteem by thinking positive thoughts and by surrounding yourself with positive people.
4.) Little by little start letting go of the past. Realize that the abuse was not your fault, and the one who inflicted abuse on you lacked awareness of how their actions were affecting you. However, do not justify their actions. Set your boundaries and learn to trust yourself.
5.) Forgiveness is the hardest step. This takes time as well and only you know when you're ready to forgive. Forgiveness basically is helping you. It's about letting go of that hate, anger, and frustration you have built up overtime. Imagine what this is doing to your mind, body, and soul.
I love this song that Jason Castro sings (my favorite American Idol contestant:) Listen to the words, it's beautiful!
Time for Sharing Your Child Abuse Story!
I am offering a chance to submit your child abuse story here. I will also offer my free professional advice to those who post their stories. And you'll have access to your advice, once your child abuse story is published.
I intend to post your story to not only help you, but others as well. If for some reason you do not want to share your story with others, let me know in your submission form and the story will not be posted.
I will only use your first name, Country, and your story. Everything else is confidential. Please read the terms of use and privacy policy at the bottom of this page for reassurance.
Just a note...it may take awhile before I can respond to your story, but I will get to it as soon as I possibly can! Thanks for your patience!