I want to share my experience with the organization that has supported me in my healing with the hope that others may learn about their transformative work and connect with them.
Taking Back Ourselves (TBO) is an organization staffed by licensed mental health providers who specialize in working with individuals who identify as female or non-binary, are age 18 or older, and have experienced sexual trauma. A primary goal is to empower survivors to heal in community with others.
TBO offers Weekends of Recovery at a lovely retreat center. Please don’t stop reading because you believe you could never afford a weekend or even find the time to get away for a few days.
Read moreRecovery:
where the stretched rubber meets the rocky road
confusion
fury
regression
reminders
triggers
movement
inch by inch...
Read moreSilence: like Absence…is a presence in itself
Silence can be fear, oppression, a threat, dark power, loneliness, coldness
- anger, brain noise coupled with distraction
- collusion with abuse
- the only way to feel safe
and…
Read moreToday’s world can replicate a survivor's dilemma: be true to what you value—or dissociate, numb out, defer, give in…
You know what it is to get through rough times, or you would not be reading this. And, by now, you know (or at least a part of you knows) that this dilemma is a false dichotomy.
The challenge is to be true to yourself and all you have come through. Choose your battles wisely, but pay attention to the old patterns that do not serve you.
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