How to Survive Sexual Abuse

It might have been decades or only a few months ago that a person has been abused, but the amount of psychological pain which it presses upon them is immense. Many of them end up as an alcoholic or drug addict, others develop symptoms of schizophrenia. Almost any sufferer from abuse develops Post Traumatic Stress disorder.

What Is To Be Done?

This is what I have done; at the age of 23, I experience panic attacks so severe that I that believed that I was going to hell when I died, further I had all the usual symptoms of a panic attack, shaking, sweating, difficulty breathing. This happened several times. My mind was in such a mess, all the thoughts were tangled up with each other. The only thing I could do is pray to Jesus. The prayer was very short, for He knows what is in people’s hearth. You only have to ask. I spoke with my mother about the attacks and she advised me to visit a psychologist.

The Process

During this time I had a recurring dream, which came back each night. From the moment I entered therapy (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) the dreams ceased to appear. Another dream was given to me to tell me that the process of healing had begun. Don’t think that this process was short and quick, on the contrary it was a long and difficult process that took almost two decades. Why did it take so long? Because there were many things I had to deal with. If you are told the answer to a mathematical problem without knowing how you get to the answer, you will never be able be able to solve a similar problem on your own.

What is happening during counselling is that one learns new and more healthy coping skills to deal with their problems. One gains inside about themselves; thus one is growing mentally and spiritually.

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So here is also the question why could Jesus not cure you in an instance? And why did this happen to me? I wouldn’t be the person I am now if I wouldn’t have these experiences.

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