Download or read book O Rise written by T. D. Bennett and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine being five years old and learning your alphabet in preparation to read. But what happens when rape steals your innocence and sexual and emotional abuse are becoming your only learning tools. Where do you turn to for courage? Who do you turn to for strength? My past is a reflection of who I was and God's Light is a reflection of His future for me. Consider this: the act that connects you to your enemy is control. Forgiveness is squeezing the life out of the control they once had over you and forgiveness is giving yourself permission to heal. When you forgive, you regain all that was stolen from you and you are now in control. Those memories you have harbored in the depths of your soul; forgive and let go.
Download or read book O RISE Overcoming Rape Incest Sexual and Emotional Abuse written by Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O'RISE: Overcoming Rape, Incest, Sexual, & Emotional Abuse explores the physical and psychological trauma of being physically, emotionally, and sexually abused as a child. It examines the ramifications of decades of mental illness. It examines the life of SA Ballantyne: a mother, a daughter, and a grand-daughter who struggles to endure life as she knows it. This will unearth the roots rather continue to move infertile soil. This is about one person who in the process of 40 years became 5 different people in order to save the life she was given. For this is a story of a girl who was raped at 5, molested at 6, 8, and 12, and endured years of physical violence. A child who would learn to split personalities as if they were her friends. For this child would endure physical violence from birth and being strangled at the hands of her father at 15. She would grow to accept violence as a form of love in her first relationship as a teenager. She is what you would call "unevenly yoked"; mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. But her medical diagnoses list her as being Bipolar 1. Having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. One who suffers from severe anxiety. One who suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and to cope with the trauma of her life; she suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder. This woman at the age of 40 struggles with the victims in her head, who have endured the trauma of abandonment, sexual violence, and physical torture. It is now time to unite that which has always protected me; me. I am a child searching for the innocence that was stolen from me. I am struggling through my preadolescence phase with sexuality due to the rape and molestations. I am fearful that no one will protect me in my transition to adulthood. I struggle with rage, guilt, and shame in defense of all that has happened to us. It is now that I must unite rather than continue to untie my life as it was. It is time for my healing and restoration. We can no longer live as separate entities; fighting to survive and existing within this body called self.
Download or read book O RISE Overcoming Rape Incest Sexual and Emotional Abuse written by Sydnea Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman's spiritual journey towards overcoming rape, incest, sexual, and emotional abuse. An encouraging memoir of self-reflection, self-motivation, and the discovery of the root causes of her sexuality. Please allow me to introduce you to Sydnea Ballantyne. Ballantyne is a woman struggling in her life to find purpose. She has been physically, sexually, and emotionally abused for 40 years. She is now desiring to heal, but she is conflicted in her faith, her mental illness, and her sexuality. Ballantyne in this harrowing tale of survival takes you into her world of abuse; both internally and externally. She allows you to experience the abuse she has suffered within her life. She allows you to experience the pain that she has known for so long. She details her external abuse and the abuse she inflicted on herself. She struggles to cope and find God within herself. She speaks to her inadequacies as a mother suffering from traumatic abuse. She speaks to her inadequacies as a woman conflicted in her sexuality. She speaks to her addiction to sex, pain, and porn. She opens up about how the idea of rape and molestation changed her evolution into womanhood. She desires for her life to be a living testimony of God's love and to have purpose beyond her pain. She unravels her life in order to find hope, peace, and God within herself. This is Ballantyne's spiritual journey towards finding God, healing, peace, and love in the midst of her life.
Download or read book O RISE Overcoming Rape Incest Sexual and Emotional Abuse written by S. Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O'RISE-Overcoming Rape, Incest, Sexual & Emotional Abuse takes you on a self discovery of overcoming the effects of sexual, emotional, physical, and psychological abuse. It is an honest perspective of a survivor and an overcomer.Lord, deliver me from myself and the thoughts that consume me. Deliver me from these feelings of sadness, depression, anger, rage, pain and even suicide. Restore my mind, body and soul, so that I may be a vessel to help others. Never allowing the internal pain to stop the external purpose. Lord, I know this iniquity and affliction was not placed upon my heart as a curse or a statement of punishment on my life. Lord, You knew that I could carry this pain with elegance and grace and through it all, I would glorify Your Name. You have given me divine permission to share my sadness, my depression, and my heart with others; so that they may fight to see the face of God in them and how You will deliver them and restore them to total grace. How many times have you thought about "that moment" in your life? The day when your life changed before your very eyes. How many times has the picture of betrayal been played within the theatre of your heart? Though we may attempt to deny to ourselves that it never happened, the heart doesn't lie and the scars may never fade away. So in truth we say, "Yes, it happened". It happened to you, it happened to me, it happened to your sister, it happened to my mother, and yes it may have happened to your daughter. Twenty-eight years ago my life changed forever. I questioned who gave them permission to come in and steal my life, my innocence and my childhood. My innocence was entrusted to a caregiver. I was left broken, destroyed, lost and confused. My innocence was ripped from my very being. The foundation of who I am was changed forever. Where was my deliverance? Until we can call out those things that have haunted us emotionally, tortured us physically, and burdened us mentally; we can never be truly delivered. So today in agreement with you; my brothers and my sisters, I speak Deliverance for the child in me who was raped, the child in me who was molested, for the child in me who experienced incest, and for the woman in me who has endured physical and emotional abuse. Knowing that until I have given what has happened to me a name and a face, it will continue to live and grow in me as a cancer within my body. Today, I claim deliverance not only for me, but for you. Father, guide us into Your Image.
Download or read book O Rise written by Sydnea Ballantyne and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O'RISE-Overcoming Rape, Incest, Sexual & Emotional Abuse takes you on a self discovery of overcoming the effects of sexual, emotional, physical, and psychological abuse. It is an honest perspective of a survivor and an overcomer. How many times have you thought about 'that moment" in your life? The day when your life changed before your very eyes. How many times has the picture of betrayal been played within the theatre of your heart? Though we may attempt to deny to ourselves that it never happened, the heart doesn't lie and the scars never fade away. So in truth we say, yes it happened. It happened to you, it happened to me, it happened to your sister, it happened to my mother, and it may have happened to your daughter. Twenty-eight years ago my life changed forever. I questioned, who gave them permission to come in and steal my life, my innocence and my childhood. Today, I give you an account of my reflection and the rebuilding of my life.
Download or read book Large Print Edition O Rise written by T. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-24 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O'RISE-Overcoming Rape, Incest, Sexual & Emotional Abuse takes you on a self discovery of overcoming the effects of sexual, emotional, physical, and psychological abuse. It is an honest perspective of a survivor and an overcomer.
Download or read book Rape Incest and Sexual Harassment written by Nancy L. Carlson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1989-12-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A working guide to the treatment of survivors of sexual victimization, this book treats rape, incest, and harassment as related forms of sexual abuse. It reviews present literature on the long-term effects of sexual assault and considers the services and support that survivors require. Covering a wide range of issues and treatment approaches, focus is placed on the older adolescent and adult. The phases of recovery followng sexual abuse are described together with the type of assistance most appropriate at each phase. The authors provide numerous case studies and emphasize the individuality of both survivor and response. This guide should be used by both professional and layperson to help the sexually abused transcend feelings of victimization. Rape, Incest, and Sexual Harassment discusses the issues raised by victimization. It then deals with the immediate aftermath of sexual abuse focusing on crisis intervention and advocacy with respect to emotional, medical, and legal needs. One section, devoted to counselors working with long-term effects on survivors, matches interventions to the individual client's needs and offers models for counseling frameworks. Special needs are also addressed. The book concludes with a look at the larger social problems associated with abuse and violence.
Download or read book Dealing with the Effects of Rape and Incest written by Marvin Rosen and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses various traumas inflicted on children and teenagers, particularly rape and incest, the psychological impact of these traumatic events, and how to deal with them.
Download or read book Grace Courage and Wisdom a Survivor s Journal for Sexual Abuse written by S. Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grace, Courage & Wisdom Series is taken from the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. You ultimately determine the outcome of success in your life. Your success is rooted in the foundation of Grace, Courage & Wisdom.
Download or read book Grace Courage and Wisdom a Survivor s Journal for Sexual Assault written by S. Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grace, Courage & Wisdom Series is taken from the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. You ultimately determine the outcome of success in your life. Your success is rooted in the foundation of Grace, Courage & Wisdom.
Download or read book Recovering From Rape written by Linda E. Ledray and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From clinical psychologist Linda E. Ledray, Recovering from Rape is a comprehensive handbook offering emotional support and practical guidance to survivors and their loved ones in coping and overcoming the trauma of rape. If you have been sexually assaulted, you are probably experiencing a mix of fear, anger, and depression. If you are a relative, friend, or lover of someone who has been assaulted, you too may be deeply affected by the incident and by the survivor’s reaction to it. However, working together, survivors and their loved ones can recover and may even be able to turn the recovery into an opportunity for positive change and growth. The experiences of survivors recounted throughout this book reassure readers that others have pulled through. Dr. Ledray helps survivors realize that no matter what they did—wore a low-cut blouse, accepted a ride from a stranger, invited an acquaintance home—they did not deserve to be raped. She guides them from guilt or disbelief through bitterness and despair to the decision to take back control of their lives. In addition, this comprehensive handbook explains what to expect at the police station, at the hospital, and, if necessary, in court. It covers such health issues as incest, STD treatments, and post-traumatic stress disorder, and legal information on prosecution and bail, DNA testing, and rape law. An essential resource, Recovering from Rape helps readers learn the most effective ways of dealing with their feelings immediately following an assault, during the subsequent few months, and beyond.
Download or read book Repair for Teens written by Margie McKinnon and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition recognizes the unique issues confronting adolescent abuse survivors including peer pressure, difficulties with school, acting out, the urge to self-soothe with cutting or unhealthy eating behaviors, running away, and the possibility of living with an abuser in the family.
Download or read book Ending My Silence written by Lydia Lin and published by Immakeeper, LLC. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aged eighteen, her innocence was taken from her in a most brutal, traumatic way. However, young rape victim Lydia would not let her ability to trust and love others to be destroyed no matter how many times she was hurt or betrayed. An inspiring true story of emotional strength and endurance, "Ending My Silence" celebrates Lydia's courage in overcoming her trauma and finding her voice. Lydia was raised and brainwashed to believe her worth, her feelings, and her actions were all in the hands of her parents. As she grew up she began to wonder, question, and struggle with these control methods and began to imagine a different life from the path that she was set on. She could not have imagined how her childhood upbringing would affect her decisions as an adult, the pain she would experience, and the ultimate choices she would have to make for her future.
Download or read book Triumph Over Darkness written by Wendy Ann Wood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of prose and therapeutic insights creates a powerful commentary on incest, rape, abuse, and the recovery process. Women and men share their personal experiences of childhood abuse and walk with the reader along the path toward wellness. They reflect each stage of healing with a clarity that, while often painful, is also hopeful. Addressing various aspects of abuse, including ritualistic abuse, multiple personality disorder, and partnering as well as providing a therapist's insights on the stages of healing, Triumph Over Darkness helps readers to understand recovery as a predictable process and see that healing is possible.
Download or read book Grace Courage and Wisdom a Survivor s Journal for Sexual Harassment written by S. Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grace, Courage & Wisdom Series is taken from the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. You ultimately determine the outcome of success in your life. Your success is rooted in the foundation of Grace, Courage & Wisdom.
Download or read book There s a Light Within You That Never Goes Out written by Tiffany L. Werhner MS LMHC PA and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout her journey as a Psychological Specialist in Correctional Facilities and in Private Practice, she had some clients that survived severe and horrifying rapes and childhood sexual abuse and incest. Some of the clients that confided in her she could not even believe were still alive. Years of TORTURE, RAPE, and ABUSE. So she started documenting with their permission. She held a private Survivor Group and they have all come so far in their journeys of recovery. One of her clients has a similar story to the Penn State Sandusky case (as a victim) and the pedophile has been arrested. She is a strong believer in standing up for what you believe so you can encourage other victims to receive courage to do the same. Completing this book as well as watching her group evolve as they completed their empowerment assignments has been a journey for her. The actual stories of the victims are included in this book. The guided therapeutic assignments given to the group, as well as their non-edited testimonies, assignments, and disclosures are also included. One specific clients childhood was nothing but horrifying incestual torture. She thinks that this book, when published, may be her purpose that God made me go through years of suffering...I finally see that God loved me and made me have a special purpose... This book is something that will not only grab your attention, but hopefully encourage the public to take the stigma AWAY from seeking professional mental health help. It is never too late to seek help. There is no shame in seeking to find the light within you that never goes out.
Download or read book Rape Incest Battery written by Miriam Kalman Harris and published by TCU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Harris, a woman discovers a new identity by becoming the "subject who writes" rather than the victim who waits in silence. Knowing that the problem of violence against women is universal in our world, Harris put out a call to professional writers, women in shelters, and scholars in academe. She advertised in literary journals and newsletters, asking for autobiographical writings by women who survived any kind of violence and abuse. Rape, Incest, Battery resulted from her long process of collecting, selecting, and editing.
