Recovery(from(Child(Sexual(Abuse:( Breaking(The(Cycle! ! Svava!Brooks! Cer,ďŹ ed!Child!Sexual!Abuse!Preven,on!Educator! Advocate!and!Survivor! www.Educate4Change.com! svava@educate4change.com!
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How!are!you!feeling?!
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Start(with(Awareness!!
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Breaking(the(Cycle! The(three(things(needed(for(change(to(occur.( • The!desire!and!willingness!to!change! • The!knowledge!of!how!to!change! • An!environment!where!you!can!prac,ce!your!new!behaviors! ! ! ! ! !!
“We!are!mul,dimensional!beings.! Childhood!trauma!impacts!all!our! dimensions!and!so!healing!each! with!a!holis,c!approach!is!the!only! way!to!go.”!M!Sandra!P.!Riggin.!( ! !
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Breaking(the(Cycle! Healing!begins!when!we!are!willing!to!take!a! honest!look!at!how!the!abuse!affected!us.! Willingness!to!learn!about!ourselves.! ! How(we(respond(to(our(past(is(normal:( • We!feel!responsible!for!the!abuse! • When!we!hide!this!part!of!ourselves,!we!! are!disconnected!from!ourselves!and!others! • From!this!agony!we!start!ac,ng!out,!oUen! unconsciously:! • Drinking,!drug!addic,ons! • Ea,ng!disorders! • SelfMmu,la,on! • Suicide!aIempts! • Depression,!anxiety,!panic,!PTSD! • People!pleasing! • Sexual!addic,on! • Underachieving!!!!MMSandra!P.!Riggin! ( 2014!Svava!Brooks,!educate4change.com!
Breaking(the(Cycle! Because!of!abuse,!children!grow!up!with!distorted!nega,ve!core! beliefs!and!feel!they!are!to!blame!for!everything!that!happens.! (misconcep,on)! ! They!take!everything!personally,!don’t!feel!as!if!they!are!as!good! as!everyone!else,!and!feel!needy.!(misconcep,on).! ! To!cover!up!how!they!feel!about!themselves!and!the!pain!they! endured!as!a!child,!they!fall!into!myriad!selfMdestruc,ve! behaviors.!!MMSandra!P.!Riggin! !
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Breaking(the(Cycle!
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Breaking(the(Cycle(–(Sandra(P.(Riggin! How!and!why?!
Requires!work,!dedica,on!and!consistent!effort.!! Sample!phrases:!Write!them!down,!carry!them!with!you.! • Thinking!! !!!!!!!Feelings !!!!!Behavior! • People!don’t!do!things!against!me,!they!do!things!to!meet! • their!own!needs.! • How!people!behave!tells!me!about!them,!not!about!me.! • Things!don’t!bother!me,!it’s!the!view!I!take!of!them!that!does! • I!learned!to!be!this!way,!so!I!can!learn!to!be!different,!and!I!am! learning!to!be!different! • That!was!then!and!this!is!now! • My!name!is______________!and!I!am!ENOUGH!!!!!! MM!From!the!Breaking!the!cycle.!! !
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Now(What?!
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Purchase(Sandra’s(book:(Breaking(the(Cycle.(Link(to(an(interview(with(Sandra(P.(Riggin:! hIp://www.blogtalkradio.com/taalk/2011/09/01/breakingMtheMcycleMwithMsandyMriggin!
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Resources!
The!healing!begins!with!you!and! the!suffering!can!end!with!you.! !MMSvava!Brooks!
• Survivor!Support(and!Resources! ! ! thelamplighters.org! ! siawso.org!
! malesurvivor.org! ! Call!211! ! OneHealth.com! ! acestudy.org!
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! psychologytoday.com! ! educate4change.com! ! JusIell.org! ! jaimeromo.com!
Great!Books!for!survivors:!! The!Courage!to!Heal!–!Ellen!Bass! Breaking!the!Cycle!–!Sandra!Riggins! Repair!Your!Life!–!Marjorie!McKinnon! !
! 1in6.org!
! Taalk.org! ! survivormanual.com! ! survivingspirit.com! ! connec,onssp.org!
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