What every Sexual Abuse Survivor Wants You to Know.

[Behind the Aegis]

1. "It shows up when least expected."

Ain't that the damn truth! Even after we have reached the "survivor" stage, there are still moments which can send you reeling. I think I told you a few months back I set off my own traumatic flashback when I grabbed the back of my own head. I hadn't had any 'flashbacks" for years (over 15 years) and I can talk about my assault without breaking down or even showing much emotion, but for some reason, which I could never identify, that day, that moment, I lost it. Thankfully, it only lasted an hour, but damn if it didn't knock me on my ass.

What victims/survivors need to know is we all cope in different ways, and as long as those ways are healthy, then it can only strengthen you and your resolve.