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Incest and Child Sexual Abuse: Definitions, Perpetrators, Victims, and Effects

Definition of Child Sexual Abuse

Child sexual abuse is any form of sexual activity with a child by an adult, or by another child where there is no consent or consent is not possible; or by another child who has power over the child. By this definition, it is possible for a child to be sexually abused by another child who is younger than they are.

Sexual abuse includes, but is not limited to, showing a child pornographic materials, placing the child's hand on another person's genitals, touching a child's genitals, and/or penetration of any orifice of a child's body (mouth, vagina, anus) with a penis, finger, or an object of any sort. Penetration does not have to occur for it to be sexual abuse.

Who are the Perpetrators?

Perpetrators are most often someone the child knows and trusts. As far as we know, perpetrators, are most often male relatives, including fathers, brothers, grandfathers, uncles and cousins; friends of the family; or neighbours. Perpetrators can also be female, including mothers, sisters, aunts, babysitters, and grandmothers.

Usually the perpetrator has easy access to the child because s/he has sole responsibility for the child, or takes care of or visits the child, and is trusted by the child's parents.

Where Does Sexual Abuse Occur?

Sexual abuse or incest can occur anywhere, at any time, including in front of other people who do not, or choose to not see. I have heard many stories of children being abused while other people were in the next room, in a car with them, or sitting at a dinner table.

Who is Sexually Abused?

All children are vulnerable to sexual abuse. Sexual abuse and incest occur in every race, class, religion, culture, and country.

Once a child has been sexually abused, and has not received appropriate help, support, and understanding for what has happened, s/he can be particularly vulnerable to being sexually abused again by another perpetrator. This is not the fault of the child. This is due to the fact that she has learned that sexual abuse is something that people will and can do to her/his body.

Children whose emotional needs are not met--who are emotionally deprived, or otherwise abused--can also be more vulnerable because they need attention and some perpetrators exploit that need. Again, this is not the child's fault. The child did not create the fact that her/his needs were not met, nor the fact that someone exploited that need.

Homophobia puts lesbian and gay youth at risk of sexual abuse. Many gay youth are forced to go to adult clubs, bars and other settings in order to explore their sexuality and to meet other prople who are gay. By being in an adult setting they are more likely to be exploited (just as heterosexual girls would be at risk in an adult heterosexual setting). Also, it is unlikely that gay youth will tell anyone if they are abused because they would have to reveal that they were in a gay setting. With little or no access to information about gay sexuality, many youth misinterpret abuse experiences as representing what it means to be gay. This puts them at further risk.

Different Effects and Coping Strategies of Child Sexual Abuse

The effects of child sexual abuse are wide ranging, and vary from survivor to survivor depending on a number of different factors such as the age of the victim, the duration of the abuse, the number of perpetrators, the nature of the relationship with the perpetrator, and the severity of the assault.

I always hesitant to write that last one--the severity of the assault--because all abuse is traumatic and harmful to victims. I have known women quite traumatized by their breasts being repeatedly grabbed when they were a child. While this may not be as severe as some other forms of abuse, it can have strong and long-lasting effects. It's important to remember that while being assaulted in a more violent manner does have its own specific effects, it in no way minimizes the reality and experience of others who have not experienced that kind of violence.

Emotional Effects

Includes feelings of: confusion, powerlessness, helplessness, pain, betrayal, sadness, grief, loss, feeling dirty, shame, vulnerable, unsafe, scared, terrified, horrified, depressed, angry, numb from feelings and body, suspicious, untrusting, tortured, sensitive, emotional, hurt, panic, anxiety, and feeling miserable.

Beliefs About Self

Beliefs about one’s self include: "I am bad, no one loves me, no one could love me, I am unlovable, I am dirty, it's my fault, I'm stupid, I should have done something, I should have told someone, I hate myself, I must be bad, I must have wanted it, I must have done something, I'm being punished, I deserve to die, I don't want to be me, why do these things happen to me, I must have deserved it"

Minimizing Beliefs

Survivors are confronted with overwhelming pain. In order to cope with extreme and intense emotions, the details of what happened, and who hurt them, they may try to convince themselves "it wasn't so bad, it didn't really hurt them, others have been hurt much more" etc. This is a form of self-protection. It did hurt, it still hurts but it may be too hard or scary right now to face it all.

As a form of self-protection, minimizing may help slow the process down which may be what the survivor needs from time to time. As a constant way of coping however, minimization leads to self-blame and self-hatred which is not helpful and hurts a great deal.

Rationalization

Suvivors need to protect themselves from the truth of the situation, after all someone they trusted, and perhaps loved, hurt them very badly. Rationalization is when a survivor explains the abusive behavior away--"he didn't know what he was doing, he was abused himself as a child, he thought he was showing me love, she was really messed up, she didn't mean to hurt me." The survivor is trying to protect her/himself from the horrible truth of the situation.

Denial

Denial is recognizable by a survivor saying, "it didn't happen; I must be

making it up; after all how can I be sure anything actually happened; and what if I’m wrong; it probably didn't happen; it couldn’t have happened."

In my experience, some denial even as an adult can be helpful. Denial can help slow the process down. We know denial helps a child to survive. We cannot expect someone to simply abandon their hard earned coping strategies even if they are safe now. Safety is not only an external reality it is an internal one as well. Many survivors do not feel safe and may need some denial to cope with how they feel.

Too much denial leads to all sorts of problems as the abuse is not addressed. This kind of denial is harmful and is fuelled in part by the denial of the "False Memory Syndrome" Foundation and other parts of society who would rather deny than face the reality of child sexual abuse.

Dissociation, DID, MPD, and Multiplicity

We all dissociate to some extent or another. Babies do it quite regularly. It is a natural physiological response to being overwhelmed. Children who are sexually abused are extraordinarily overwhelmed. Dissociation allows the child to literally take a break from the abuse, to distance her/himself from what is going on, and ultimately to survive.

Some survivors describe dissociation as feeling as though they were not really there during the abuse, but were far away perhaps watching from a distance. Some survivors describe it as they split off from the abuse, and floated up to the ceiling or into a crack in the wall. Some survivors go really far away, deep inside themselves, and create different personalities to deal with the abuse. Multiple personalities are usually formed in the context of more extreme, frequent, or sadistic abuse.

Dissociation occurs on a continuum from the far left where someone is not present in the moment and is off somewhere else, they may or may not feel spacey--everyone does this at one time or another. Further along the continuum people feel split, or like they are not one person inside, usually there is an adult and a really vulnerable or hurt kid. Further along, survivors have a few dissociated personalities. Even further toward the right of the continuum, people have many different personalities, identities, parts, fragments, and/or different groups of parts inside. These personalities may or may not have names. Survivors near the right end may not have fully formed personalities, but lots of highly fragmented parts. At the far right end, survivors lose time which they may or may not be aware of. They may find themselves places, and not remember how they got there and have the experience of living different "lives".

In addition to a continuum of dissociation and multiplicity, there is a continuum of co-consciousness--the degree to which parts inside are aware of each other, and communicate and cooperate with one another. Achieving co-consciousness is an important step in the healing process. For help responding to different parts inside and developing internal cooperation see my article DID, MPD, or Multiplicity: Responding to Parts Inside With a Focus on Kids

Problems with Boundaries

Because a survivor's boundaries were not respected--they were utterly violated--s/he may have a lot of difficulty knowing where her/his boundaries are, how to maintain them, and how to protect her/himself from those who do not respect or try to violate her/his boundaries. This leaves many survivors vulnerable to further abuse.

Trusting Others

It can be very difficult for a survivor to trust anyone. It can be even harder when that person is close to them, and cares for them. Often the abuser was that--someone who had a close and trusting relationship with them. Adult relationships, particularly sexual ones, can be quite challenging and triggering for survivors. At the same time, they can be a source of great love, safety, and healing too.

Relationship With One's Body

Since the abuse took place on and in the body, the body can become the enemy. After all many survivors' carry a great deal of pain and memories in their bodies. Desperately needing ways to cope with this pain can lead to a variety of coping strategies including eating disorders, self-injurious behaviors, numbing, inability to enjoy sex, having lots of sex, poor body image, a generalized separation from and disregard for one's body, dissociation, and gender-identity issues.

Coping Behaviors

There are a whole range of behaviors that survivors may engage in that come from having been sexually abused. They include: addictions, prostitution, isolation, frequent sexual activity, avoidance of sex, over-working, inability to work, high-functioning, low-functioning, argumentativeness, avoiding conflict, perfectionist, and wanting to please others.

All of these behaviors were learned in response to abuse and served an important purpose--staying sane and alive. It is important to not judge your or anyone else's ways of coping--you're here because of them.

Other effects

These may include nightmares, insomnia, panic attacks, flashbacks, anxiety attacks, terror, inability to go outside, afraid being alone, afraid being with other people, numerous trigger-responses, headaches, and physical problems (yeast infections, bladder infections, anal bleeding, etc.)

A Final Thought

While it may be tempting to focus on how awful it is to be abused, it's important to not lose sight of the reality that survivors are full human beings with many gifts and talents to offer the world. Some of the most sensitive, intuitive, deep, profound, creative, and hopeful people I've known are incest/child sexual abuse survivors. They were able to be that way by not losing touch with their humanity--their soulfulness--in the face of others' inhumanity. We can all learn a great deal from survivors.

© Kali Munro, 2000.
http://www.KaliMunro.com

About the Author

Kali Munro, M.Ed., is a psychotherapist in private practice with twenty years experience. She offers free healing resources at her site, http://www.KaliMunro.com

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Healing Food Addiction
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Health - An Essential Ingredient For Earning Cash Online !
Some thoughts on Health Is Wealth © 2002 C.J.L.J.Rao Many people are pursuing wealth and in the process losing their precious health. Is frantic efforts of making more wealth really worth the price of losing your health ? The better your...

Health - General Anxiety Disorder
Information on Generalized Anxiety Disorder Every now and then everyone has a stressful day at work, trouble at school or problems with personal relationships. We find that we worry about some of the issues day in and day out. Many of...

Health - Hypnosis To Stop Smoking
Hypnosis to Stop Smoking If you have been trying to quit smoking, than you know how difficult it is to stop. Many smokers have turned to an alternative remedy to stop their addiction to cigarettes- hypnosis. Over the years hypnosis has...

Healthy Living - 5 Steps to Get There
Life has many opportunities for enjoyment. The problem is for many unhealthy people life is too short to take advantage of these simple pleasures. Healthy living is the key to achieve this. Healthy living consists of everything we do that...

Holistic Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation for the 21st Century - Fact or Fiction?
Alcoholism and drug addiction has reached epic proportions in the 21st century. Crime rates are escalating all over the world. People from every race, color and socio-economic background are becoming addicted to drugs such as Crack, Cocaine,...

Hormones - Creating Harmony
Robert Elias Najemy Many of our physical problems may have their origin in the imbalanced functioning of the endocrine system. The symptoms of such hormonal disorders may take the form of headaches, allergies, insomnia, cysts, cancer,...

How AdSense Ruined My Life
Because I used to work on a crisis line, I've heard a-lot stories of how drugs crept up on people and took over their lives. I once talked to a self-admitted drug dealer who had trafficked in pot for years. It was how this person made most of her...

How Do We Know When A Relationship Has A Future?
Why is it that depending on others to fulfill our self worth is a concept that we all can relate to? Sacrificing what our thoughts, emotions, decisions, and likes or dislikes are, for the betterment of someone else’s. It is as if depending on...

How Fiber Reduces The Damaging Effects Of Second-Hand Smoke
A new study confirms that early life exposure to second-hand smoke can produce life-long respiratory problems. A study of 35,000 adult non-smokers in Singapore revealed that those who lived with smokers during childhood had far more respiratory...

How to Decide Whether to Keep Your Marriage or Other Relationship Going or to End It
In their top-selling book "Should You Stay or Should You Go?" Relationship Coaches Susie and Otto Collins offer expert advice to help you decide how to know WHEN or IF it's time to break up, leave your relationship or get a divorce. Theirs...

How to Effectively Overcome and Beat Drug Addictions
Overcoming a drug addiction is not something that is done overnight. It takes time and perserverence in order to succeed. For example, the average smoker has to attempt quitting 8 times before they quit permenantly! Nicotine is considered one of the...

How To Help An Alcoholic
How to help an alcoholic… An alcoholic can be helped to find freedom from alcohol. And, anyone can help who has some counseling or interviewing ability. There are Two Main Signs of Alcoholism Alcoholics suffer from an illness that stops them...

How To Improve Semen - Sperm Taste
"Consuming pineapple and/or parsley helps sweeten the taste of the male ejaculate. Can there be any truth to this and what other foods affect the taste, for better or for worse?" Yes, what you eat can influence the taste and smell of your...

HOW TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE
Dr. Wayne Dyer - HOW TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE - June 2003 Could 2003 be your lucky year - the one in which you fulfill a dream, improve your health, increase prosperity and feel happier? Absolutely, says bestselling author Wayne Dyer, whose...

How to make your sperm taste better?
"Consuming pineapple and/or parsley helps sweeten the taste of the male ejaculate. Can there be any truth to this and what other foods affect the taste, for better or for worse?" Yes, what you eat can influence the taste and smell of your...

How to Overcome Shyness in 5 Simple Steps
Being shy is really just having a feeling that you lack something. Some people are shy because they feel they are not good enough for others or that they are not as smart as others. Shyness can also just be something that carries over...

How to Really Lose weight, Permanently
how to really, permanently, lose weight!! I am a reformed alcoholic. I am a reformed chain smoker. I am an ex-fat person. I am also not selling anything. My only wish now is to help people by passing on my knowledge; I guess this sounds too good...

How to Replace Bad Habits with Good Ones: The Science of “Habit Management”
Few things are more difficult than kicking bad habits or developing more positive ones. But it is definitely worth the effort. Bad habits like smoking, overeating or self-criticism shorten lives and lead to underachievement, and unsuccessful...

Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone occurs as fine white crystals or as a crystalline powder. It is an opioid analgesic and antitussive. (Antitussive is an agent that prevents or relieves coughing.) The drug has positive medical effects when used to treat patients with...

Hypnocology
Technique types from which a hypnotherapist selects administration of medical hypnotherapy varied and continue to vary throughout history. Memory is the only definition of hypnosis. Techniques as well-known and over-commercialized as the, “look...

Hypnosis
Chaos Theory: Self-hypnosis for Your Own Peace of Mind Your boss ends the day with a stack of papers and instructions that you submit the report in the next 42 hours. Your significant other doesn't answer your calls. Your mother sends you...

Impulsive Behaviors in Mental Health
Impulse Control Disorders are common in children today. There is not a person in the world that hasn't acted out impulsively, but when symptoms are reoccurring and consistent, you had better get help. Judgment plays a role in impulses and if the...

INDIVIDUALIZED POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS FOR IMPROVING SELF-ESTEEM
Positive self-esteem is very important if not crucial to our happiness and well being as a human being. Having positive self-esteem can make the difference in that which we take on in life, in that which we go about achieving and creating....

Individualized Positive Affirmations For Improving Self-Esteem
Positive self-esteem is very important if not crucial to our happiness and well being as a human being. Having positive self-esteem can make the difference in that which we take on in life, in that which we go about achieving and creating. Having...

Internal Prisons: The Thief of Productivity in our Workforce
As a professional speaker, one of my biggest challenges is to grab the attention of my audience within the first few minutes of the presentation- grab them by the throat if you will. I do this by coming out in a suite and tie, following an...

Introduction to Cocaine Addiction
Coke, more commonly known as cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant which instantly affects the brain after introducing it to the body. The effects of this drug are extremely pleasurable and give a false sense of euphria. Like caffiene, coke...

"It's a Great Day to Die!"
Wow, what a crazy thing to say during the most sacred and holy time of the year! Yes, it is-especially since this famous cry of freedom was uttered by Crazy Horse, the Sioux chief who defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Why talk about...

Join a Support Group and Reduce Your Stress Levels
When you are facing a particularly difficult time in your life, whether it's because you're struggling with an addiction, or perhaps because someone you love is an addict, or if you are finding life hard because you have just been diagnosed with a...

Learning to Say No--The Secret to Weight Loss
From the time you were a child, you might have been a people pleaser. You tried to ace your schoolwork in order to win your parents' approval...you practiced soccer for hours on end to win a vote of support from your coach...or you diligently...

Let's Get to the Bottom of Low Self-Esteem
Let’s Get to the Bottom of Low Self-Esteem If you suffer from low self-esteem, it’s because you don’t know yourself well enough to appreciate how basically wonderful you are. This is not empty flattery. It is true. Sadly, many of us are totally...

Look Who Ran Away with Your Fr>ee-Will and Will-Power...
Fr>ee-will is important to us all. We've fought for it and we'd fight for it again if we realised someone tried to take it from us. But have you considered that your fr>ee- will is being eroded in such a subtle way that, before you know it,...

Low Carb Diets: 3 Reasons They're So Popular
The revolution is here. Weight Loss as we know it has changed forever because of one diet: One diet that has reached beyond the weight loss program boundaries and invaded areas heretofore unknown: areas like beer commercials and even the all...

Low Carb Revolution - 3 Reasons Low Carbing Is So Popular
The revolution is here. Weight Loss as we know it has changed forever because of one diet: One diet that has reached beyond the weight loss program boundaries and invaded areas heretofore unknown: areas like beer commercials and even the all...

Managing Loneliness
IMPORTANT – Publication and Reprint Terms The following article is offered for free use in your ezine, print publication or on your web site, so long as the author resource box at the end is included, with hyperlinks. Notification of publication...

Mannerly Behavior 101
I was standing in line in the drugstore this evening and up walked a father with his 10 year old son. And what did the 10 year old boy have on? A t-shirt that said “I wish my babysitter were a HOOTER girl.” I was quietly appalled. I hear the most...

Marijuana and THC Detoxification
THC or Tetrahydrocannabinol is foundin the plant called marijuana. THC marijuana (9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the primary active ingredient in cannabinoids (marijuana). When ingested or smoked, it produces euphoric effects. Users have impairment of...

Marriage Problems? Beware of Pastoral Counsel.
Do you wonder how you can reconnect, and bring back those loving feelings? Do you think about seeking outside help to guide you through the process? BE CAREFUL! Many couples first consider calling their pastor. The person you call at this...

Meditation - What is it good for anyway?
Meditation is an age old healing and stress relieving modality practiced throughout the world, in virtually all cultures and all religions, although it may go by different names - prayer, visualization, relaxation techniques, and hypnosis; they are...

Mental Health Issues
For year's professionals, researchers, philosophers and many others have examined mental health searching for answers of existing disabilities. First, there are many types of mental illnesses. The types include adjustment disorders,...

Mind, Body, Spirit Healing vs. Traditional Psychotherapy/Psychoanalysis
Mind, Body, Spirit Healing vs. Traditional Psychotherapy/Psychoanalysis The word "psychology" is the combination of two terms - study (ology) and soul (psyche), or mind. The derivation of the word from Latin gives it this clear and obvious...

Mindfulness and Addiction
There’s a fairly recent story from my life that I’ve come to call the “Angela’s butt story.” It’s a controversial tale, and its main character still doesn’t understand the remarkable significance of the experience as it applies to my life and...

MORAL ARMOR on Predational Pregnancy
Copyright 2005 Ronald Springer We constantly hear of crackdowns on “dead-beat dads,” but the topic of how they often originate remains hidden and deserves serious light: Dead-beat Mothers. Imagine if a toy company put out a realistic...

MORAL ARMOR on Predational Pregnancy
The author of Moral Armor challenges the moral stature of women who trap men, defending a man's right to decide his own fate. We constantly hear of crackdowns on “dead-beat dads,” but the topic of how they often originate remains hidden...

Mythology & Parables in Modern Communication Part 2
Mythology & Parables in Modern Communication Part 2 Maurice Turmel PhD There is a big adjustment coming in terms of our Human and Spiritual evolution, where Mythology and Parables will again play a vital role in the process. As mentioned in part...

Narcissism, Substance Abuse, and Reckless Behaviours
Pathological narcissism is an addiction to Narcissistic Supply, the narcissist's drug of choice. It is, therefore, not surprising that other addictive and reckless behaviours – workaholism, alcoholism, drug abuse, pathological gambling,...

New 'Executive Alcohol/Opiate Detox' attracts celebrities to Palm Beach
People from various walks of life such as business executives, professional athletes, celebrities, politicians, and even the armed forces and the religious world are flocking to Palm Beach from different parts of the globe, and not...

New ‘Executive Alcohol/Opiate Detox’ attracts celebrities to Palm Beach
People from various walks of life such as business executives, professional athletes, celebrities, politicians, and even the armed forces and the religious world are flocking to Palm Beach from different parts of the globe, and not necessarily to...

No More Rejection!
Just about everyone has experienced rejection. They say it is our biggest fear. I suppose much of that comes from our instincts in childhood since a child experiences rejection as life threatening. Nature programs us to avoid rejection, so...

Noni Fruit Juice: Healthy or Still Unknown?
Noni Fruit Juice is a natural food and is called a health product buy many. Noni fruit grows mainly in Polynesian Island, on a Morinda Citrifolia tree, and the Tahitian Noni Fruit Juice is the most famous and renowned. Considerations when...

Nourish Your Soul
(c)2001 Nourish- to feed or sustain with substances necessary for life or growth; to promote growth; to maintain or support; to nurture. Soul- the immaterial essence, animating principle or actuating cause of an individual; the spiritual principle...

Obesity, What's The 'Big' Deal
Obesity, what’s the “big” deal? ------------------------------------------------------------------- This article has been provided by Dr. M. Montgomery at www.healthyunderstanding.com Dr. Montgomery is a practicing Chiropractor in Saskatoon,...

Overcoming Addictions - Your Key to Survival!
There are some alarming facts to consider regarding addictive disorders. For instance, a recent report in the National Drug Addiction Recovery Month Kit showed the cost of alcohol and illicit drug use in the workplace, including lost productivity,...

Overcoming Limiting Beliefs…or “How to Train an Elephant”
In India, the method for training an elephant is the following. When the elephant is very young, its leg is tied to a small post with a thin piece of rope. At that age the elephant hasn’t the power to break the rope or dislodge the post. It tries...

Overcoming Negative Beliefs
In India, the method for training an elephant is the following: When the elephant is very young, its leg is tied to a small post with a thin piece of rope. At that age the elephant hasn't the power to break the rope or dislodge the post. It tries...

Owning Your Power
Owning your power, your power to be real, to be who you really are, is really about owning your freedom. Consider how your reasons for not being yourself may have been to get the love or approval of others. Then, you have given others the power...

PASSING JUDGMENT ON MEN
PASSING JUDGEMENT ON MEN A Self-Destructive and Addictive Behaviour At one time or another most women have indulged in a session of male criticism with their girlfriends. This is an addictive ritual many women allow themselves when they are...

Passion Drought: Turning the Fizzle Back Into Sizzle In Your Relationship; Part 1
Introduction Many gay men in both short and long-term relationships report concern when the romance and passion in their partnerships decline or “dry up”, leading them to question themselves and fear for the future of their relationships. An...

Pathological Eating Disorders and Poly-Behavioral Addiction
Proposing a New Diagnosis and Theory for Patients with Multiple Addictions By James Slobodzien, Psy.D., CSAC When considering that pathological eating disorders and their related diseases now afflict more people globally than malnutrition,...

Pharmaceuticals: The Next Frontier in America’s War on Drugs
Pharmaceuticals: The Next Frontier in America's War on Drugs America's war on drugs, which has been fought in the opium fields of Afghanistan and the cocaine plantations of Columbia, will have to reinvent itself to combat what is set to be...

Pharmaceuticals: The Next Frontier in America's War on Drugs
Pharmaceuticals: The Next Frontier in America's War on Drugs America's war on drugs, which has been fought in the opium fields of Afghanistan and the cocaine plantations of Columbia, will have to reinvent itself to combat what is set to be...

Quit your addiction here and now.
how to permanently quit addictions I am a reformed alcoholic. I am a reformed chain smoker. I am an ex fat person. I am also not selling anything. My only wish now is to help people by passing on my knowledge, I guess this sounds too good to be...

Recovery & Stewardship: Is "What's In Your Wallet?" Affecting Your Bottom-Line?
Many men in recovery find they need to set limits on their spending habits; often men will include financial accountability as part of their commitment to recovery in general. Although sexual addictions have dramatic effects on some men’s finances,...

Relationship Coaches Offer Expert Advice on How to Decide Whether to Stay In or Leave a Relationship
Webster's Dictionary calls a relationship "a romantic or passionate attachment." If you're in one, you might think that you've found heaven on earth. Or maybe something that's not quite so grand, just OK or so-so. Or possibly something far ...

Relieving Chemical Addictions - With Dietary Supplements
It is not uncommon for those who remain totally chemically free to simply substitute their chosen matter with excessive use of another addictive meaning, such as refined sugar, caffein, or nicotine. The term dependence encompasses almost completely...

Residential Drug Treatment Centers - Overcome Addictions
Chemical dependency recovery provides with positive changes in reactions and behaviors. Residential Treatment Centers can be accommodate those suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling addiction, and more. Treating both men and women...

Resistance to Loving
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Self Medicating and Your Anxiety
Self Medicating and Your Anxiety This article is going to talk about self medication with street drugs. Let's first take a look at the street drugs that people commonly use, specifically pot and alcohol. Marijuana is commonly used by itself...

Self-Recovery from Addiction ... Taking responsibility for your life.
I've had several coaching clients come to me who, while they wanted to move forward in life, were actually stuck in a self-destructive addiction. Of course, I cannot directly confront them about their addictions, as they had to open up to me...

Self, Soul and Parables
Self, Soul & Parables: Maurice Turmel PhD Parables and mythical stories have been with us throughout time. From the earliest of cave drawings to modern writing and film parables, as guides to human experience, have been a source of inspiration...

Sex and the Soul
The title of this article is likely to provoke many feelings, thoughts, sarcasms etc., as many people falsely believe that sex, spirituality, and the soul are at opposite ends of a continuum. It is incredibly sad that something so beautiful and...

Sex, Love and Poly-Behavioral Addiction
Proposing a New Diagnosis and Theory for Patients with Multiple Addictions By James Slobodzien, Psy.D., CSAC Experts in the field of addictions are presently purporting that between 3 and 6 percent of the world’s population (193 to 386...

Shackled by Deeds in My Jail Made of Choices
I have personally spent a great deal of time working professionally with individuals who struggle with addictions, more specifically addictions to controlled substances. I have given presentations to many parent groups, school groups, government...

Shadows...
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspect of the personality as present...

Shatter!
You can use this technique for many bad habits, but today we will concentrate on the bad habit of biting your fingernails. Ready? Make a picture in your mind of YOU biting your fingernails. NO, WAIT, change that! You know why? Because I don’t want...

Signs of an addiction
Addictions come in many forms. It’s important to recognize the signs of addictions in order to seek out help before the problem becomes to large. Some different types of Addictions are: Caffeine addiction, nicotine addiction, drug addiction ,...

Signs That Rage Has Turned Into An Addiction
All addictions have symptoms, which allow us to recognize these problems as addictive diseases. The signs of addictive diseases are self-stimulation, compulsion, obsession, denial, withdrawal and craving syndrome, and unpredictable behavior....

So Why Are “They” Really Here?
It does make you wonder sometimes, doesn’t it? You know the folks I’m talking about. The ones who seem to be wandering around in the middle of a fog bank. The ones without a clue apparently, as to what life is all about. We see their stories on...

Sober From Clutter-Part 1
Sober From Clutter By: Janet L. Hall Every Sunday in the spring and summer an acquaintance I have goes out all day to yard sales. It's her ritual, her habit, and the "thing" she does on Sunday. She's addicted! She's really looking for something...

Start Smoking Now!
Remember the Marlboro guy? You don't see those sorts of ads promoting tobacco products on TV anymore. Back in the day, it used to be cool to smoke. Today we know, more than ever, the many health problems that are associated with smoking a...

Stop Patching Yourself Together
Have there been times in your life when you have resorted to quick fixes like chemical patches or pills to help you stop overeating, smoking, or other similar addictions that are ruining your health? If you are like me, you have discovered that...

Substance abuse attitude testing by a standardized survey
This is a short overview of a questionnaire used for substance abuse attitude testing in testing a CREATE (Curriculum Renewal and Evaluation of Addiction Training and Education) effects on Medical Students. My afterthoughts on substance abuse...

Subtle Addictions
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Subtle Addictions
Many people are aware of the fact that addictions are used to avoid pain, and most of us are aware of the common addictions: food, alcohol, drugs, gambling, TV, spending, work, sex, rage and so on. Most people, however, are not aware of the more...

Survival
Survival is one of the most demanding and challenging issues that we face as humans! Survival challenges us through many different issues such as: child abuse, sexual abuse, birth, death, job loss, health problems, low self-esteem, relationship...

Tapping Your Troubles Away
What Is Thought Field Therapy? Dr. Roger Callahan is and American psychologist who discovered Thought Field Therapy over 20 years ago. Since then, he has refined the technique to be the cutting-edge treatment it is today. TFT provides a code,...

The 5 Words That Are Ruining Your Life
How would you like to stop feeling like your life isn't good enough? (I realize advertisers would go broke if this happened, but it's better for you!) Imagine feeling joyful, whole and complete when you look in the mirror at the end of the day. ...

The American Dream – Are We Really Free?
The promises of THE AMERICAN DREAM (to have it all and enjoy it all, based on materialistic values system) has been holding us captive and threatening to take our power and freedom away- without our awareness, like a thief in the night. ...

The Atkins Method: Is it Right for You?
Over the years, the Atkins plan has become synonymous with weight loss. Fans of the program say that it has proven to be instrumental in helping them to shed unwanted pounds. They talk of improved overall health and greater energy as a result of...

The Black Cloud Of Depression
Depression is defined as “low spirits, gloominess, dejection and sadness.” Depression affects your whole body, physically and mentally. It affects the way you eat, sleep, feel about yourself and your actions towards yourself and others. There are...

The Dating Scene - Signs of a Promising Relationship
The following article is offered for free use in your ezine, print publication or on your web site, so long as the author resource box at the end is included, with hyperlinks. Notification of publication would be appreciated. For other articles...

The Lawsuit Matrix
The Lawsuit Matrix by Lady Camelot According to an article written by Michael Weissentstein, A New York Jury awarded $20 Million in punitive damages to a smoker's widow last week (after a jury deliberation of over two days). Per Mr....

The Link Between Diet and Nutrition
You will be happy to know that the latest low-carb diet plans such as The South Beach Diet and The Zone are making more room for both diet and nutrition planning to lose weight and become more healthy. The energy we use to drive our various...

The Miraculous Tape Worm Diet Pill
The Miraculous Tape Worm Diet Pill and the Fabulous All Chocolate Weight Loss Plan This article is a joke, ok? Just want to make sure you don't take me wrong! Gotta keep your trust for my serious articles... :-) It's amazing that it took medical...

The Raw Food Diet: Will It Work for You?
A relatively new food trend has appeared on the diet landscape. It's known as the raw food approach, and from California to Connecticut, the trend appears to be gaining strength. The centerpiece of the diet is uncooked, highly nutritious...

The Real Truth about your Sweet Tooth
Question: My mom always said my sweet-tooth was to blame for my weight problem (I can't seem to lose weight!), but my best friend says I should listen to my body and eat whatever I want because it knows what I need. I'm not sure what to do! Does...

The Role Self-Love Plays in Operating a Successful Business, Part 2
We ended Part 1 with two questions: If self-love is so crucial to building a healthy self-esteem and helping us to be happy, what prevents more of us from deepening our self-love? What keeps so many of us stuck in painful, hurtful, sad...

"The Saboteur Within"
"Why You Don’t Have What You Really Want" Lets face it, most of us from time to time feel that life is just one big struggle with a series of never ending problems. Yet the truth is that life does not have to be this way. In fact, it can be...

The Truth about Hypnotism
Few things are more misunderstood than hypnotism and hypnotherapy.Most people get their understanding of hypnotism from movies and books,where the procedures and results are often exaggerated.Many think that people can be hypnotized against their...

To Diet or not to Diet, that should be the question!
To Diet Or Not To Diet? That Should Be The Question! Diet information is everywhere. In advertisements, on TV, in magazines; the bookstores are crammed with books on many different diet options - The South Beach Diet, The Atkins Diet, Weight...

Treatment Options for Prescription Drug Addiction
There is help available for people addicted to prescription drugs. There are countless inpatient and outpatient programs around the world that are specifically created to help people kick their drug addictions. These programs usually include detox...

Unchaining Yourself from an Unhealthy Food Addiction
The cry of “I have no willpower!” often emerges from the consumers who jokingly surrender to their lack of will when it comes to eating something clearly unhealthy. However, scientific nutritional research has identified that something much more...

Vitamins for the Recovering Alcoholic
I have frequently heard alcoholics who are in early recovery remark that, “If this is what recovery is like, I’d rather go back to drinking.” Vitamin deficiencies, particularly of the B vitamins and vitamin C, may be responsible for much of the...

Weight Gain, Cravings, & Genetics
Jay Leno expressed on the Tonight Show that as he interviewed people he realized that most of them had weight loss as their New Year’s resolution. Weight is indeed a major concern in the United States. Overweight robs us of energy and encourages...

Weight Loss: Discover a Holistic Weight-loss Program that works
How many weight-loss programs have you tried over the years? How many of these weight-loss programs have taken a holistic approach? Holistic Weight loss is the only way we can insure that we will lose weight and keep it off. A holistic...

Weight Loss Organizations
Losing and maintaining weight is a difficult and intimately personal struggle, but it's not one that anyone needs to go through alone. There are literally millions of people forging their own paths to their better selves, and together, they offer...

Welcoming our Wounded Selves
The following article is offered for free use in your ezine, print publication or on your web site, so long as the author resource box at the end is included. Notification of publication would be appreciated. Title: Welcoming our Wounded Selves...

What Does It Mean To "Self Improve?"
Self Improvement has become mainstream. In the last few years, since I have been writing articles and submitting them to article sites, I've noticed that the category of "Self Improvement" has been showing up lately when it was never...

What is an Addiction?
'The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.' -- Alcoholics Anonymous An addiction is a psychological and physiological dependance on a substance or activity. There are many common addictions, some include: nicotine, illicit...

What Is Thought Field Therapy?
Dr. Roger Callahan is and American psychologist who discovered Thought Field Therapy over 20 years ago. Since then, he has refined the technique to be the cutting-edge treatment it is today. TFT provides a code, that when applied to a specific...

What Really Creates Happiness?
Some people believe that achieving happiness is the purpose of life, yet the pursuit of happiness often leads to unhappiness. This is because happiness is actually a consequence of a different life purpose – the pursuit of evolving our souls in...

WHAT YOU THINK UPON GROWS
A magical maxim is WYTUG. You can remember WYTUG because it sounds like “Why tug?” So many of us are tugging at our life, trying to pull it along as if it was an obstinate, stubborn, headstrong mule. Why do that? Your life can be like the old...

Which drug addiction treatment is the best?
The answer is simple: there is no such thing as the best drug addiction treatment. Depending on the kind of the addiction, your age and social situation different treatments may be chosen for your benefit. Here are a few most common drug...

Which Self Help Group is Right For You?
Are you going through a tough time in your life? Do you feel like you’re all alone with your problem? Chances are that there are a lot of other people who are facing a similar difficulty right now, perhaps even other people in your own...

Who are you?
I have a question for you. Who are you? This may be a simply enough question but before you attempt to answer this question let us go on a voyage of personal self discovery which will allow you to find an acceptable answer. The difference between...

Why Do We Need Our Addictions?
If money is considered to be the root of all evil, then what would we classify as our addictions? The psychology of the human mind is ultra complex when compared to any other species on earth, so why does it love to tangle itself up in a...

Why Eating Well Will Help You Quit Smoking
Many smokers have a tendency to light up in order to quiet the hunger pangs that strike midday, late at night, or even first thing in the morning. That's just one reason why people who quit smoking tend to gain a little weight in the...

Why I Recommend Energy Healing
Energy Healing literally changed my life. It raised my vibration and raised my consciousness. It gave me the power to leave victim consciousness. It gave me the strength in finding my own self-worth, self-confidence, self-esteem and self-respect....

Why make a New Year's resolution when you can make a One Decision?
Why make a New Year's resolution when you can make a One Decision? If you want to lose weight, pay off your credit card, or get organized, you have a bigger decision to make. By Judith Wright Research shows that the average New Year's...

Why Most People Don't Really Want to Heal (Part 2)
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR ILLNESSES The first step to healing is to accept that we created our illnesses in the first place. This can be a difficult concept to swallow. So many of us are invested in the prevailing Western scientific medical...

Why People Don't Lose Weight
Most People will tell you that they would like to lose a few pounds. Somehow they would also like to eat healthier. What stops people from doing this great desire that they have on the inside of them? We all know that if we cut back on our intake...

Why Should I do a Body Detox & Internal Cleanse?
Detoxification therapy is the oldest known medical treatment on earth; it is a completely natural and necessary process to get you healthy and feeling your best. If you’ve never done an official detox program, you are long overdue for a...

Your Guide to the Archangels
An angel can be your best friend. Angels have been known respond to prayers that contain the phrase "Hey, somebody, anybody up there HELP!!!" but they come quickest when addressed politely by their Christian names. Like a friend, as opposed to a...

Zyprexa Side Effects are Deadly: Effects Include NMS
Zyprexa is a prescription drug that treats schizophrenia, acute mania and bipolar disorder. It is a psychotropic drug that treats the psychotic disorders of the mind but unlike other drugs for psychotic disorders, Zyprexa is an atypical...

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