by Torah Bontrager | Oct 13, 2021 | Sexual Assault Survivor Support, Trauma
The gentle breeze wafting through my hair. The warm rays of the sun flitting through a canopy of trees. Butterflies dancing from flower bush to rose trellis. Birds chirping all around me. Bees buzzing about. A salad of thick red juicy slices of flavor-exploding...
by Torah Bontrager | Sep 29, 2021 | Sexual Assault Survivor Support, Trauma
In light that so many of us deal with childhood trauma, especially trauma connected to sexual abuse or religious abuse, I thought I’d share some of my experiences with PTS (post-traumatic stress, also known as PTSD) and subsequent depression—and the various...
by Torah Bontrager | Sep 26, 2021 | Sexual Assault Survivor Support, Trauma
In a previous post, “How Parentification Disrupts Your Development and Holds You Back as an Adult”, I mentioned that I’d discuss emotional incest, which falls under the umbrella of parentification. Or at least in my view it’s a part of...
by Torah Bontrager | Sep 24, 2021 | Sexual Assault Survivor Support, Trauma
This is an excerpt of an upcoming post, “Did Your Parent Crave Your Attention? You Might Suffer From Emotional Incest.”. This post introduces the definitions of emotional incest and covert incest, 31 signs of emotional incest, and a resource for safe,...
by Torah Bontrager | Sep 10, 2021 | Sexual Assault Survivor Support, Trauma
A few months ago, a friend and colleague brought up the word parentification in our weekly accountability meeting. “What’s that?” I asked. (Keep scrolling for the video version of this post.) When he explained what it is and how he experienced it as...
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