Sexual abuse runs rampant in today’s society, and it’s effects can be devastating. Recent statistics show that 25% of all young women, and 20% of all young men, are sexually abused by the age of 18. And this, they say, only represents the reported/documented incidences. While you may not have been personally effected by this type of abuse, chances are high you know someone who has been, perhaps even your significant other, making this issue of paramount importance to the quality of your life.
Let’s take a look at the impact this type of abuse can have on the human psyche, as well as what we can do about it.
There are no words to describe the devastating effects of sexual abuse; yet I will try. As both a survivor of this all too closeted social issue, and a spiritual life coach who has witnessed the stories of numerous other survivors, I understand the impact this type of abuse can have on one’s life. I’ve listened to happily married women in their forties who are still afraid to sleep with their back to the bedroom door for fear of who and what used to come through it . . . I’ve seen amazingly successful, beautiful women with zero self esteem who feel if they aren’t performing like Egyptian sex goddesses they are worth nothing . . . And I’ve encountered men who were sexually abused by religious clergy as children; who’s need to disassociate themselves from emotional connections is so strong, they’ve ended up with severe sexual addictions.
My own life reads like a Danielle Steele romance novel gone bad. After an unending stream of sexually addicted men, some of whom I married, some of whom I didn’t ... Continued at WisdomoftheAngels.com
