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Memories are like layers of your skin or layers of paint on a canvas. In The Queen of Peace Room, Magie Dominic peels away these layers as she explores her life, that of a Newfoundlander turned New Yorker, an artist and a writer—and frees herself from the memories of her violent past. On an eight-day retreat with Catholic nuns in a remote location safe from the outside world, she exposes, and captures, fifty years of violent memories and weaves them into a tapestry of unforgettable images.

Exposure to pornography at a very young age and sexual abuse when I was 14 years old made my life hell. Quite frankly, it ruined my whole life. I lived with daily battles that created a war within my soul. This torment lasted until I was 40 years old. I could no longer live with the trauma, the pain, and suffering emanating from my childhood events. I needed help. Just like many adults and children do too.

México ocupa el primer lugar mundial en abuso sexual infantil. Y cuando éste es perpetrado por quienes deberían dar guía y consuelo, la infamia adquiere proporciones de estruendo. Con testimonios de víctimas, filósofos, teólogos y otros expertos, Depredadores sagrados ofrece el mejor análisis que se haya hecho de la pederastia clerical en nuestro país. Esta obra, es un viaje a través del dolor, la iniquidad y las repercusiones personales y sociales. Pero también de la resistencia, la solidaridad y la denuncia.

This is the story of Jacob Kalinsky, born in Koretz, Poland, in 1904 to a mean-tempered tyrant of a father and a sweet and loving mother. At the age of twelve, Jacob's mother, Sarah, dies, and Jacob, along with his nine-year-old brother, is sent to live in the care of a brothel run by a loving madam named Jordanna. It takes Jacob's father three long years to send for his sons. During that time, Jacob suffers many indignities.

Sie wurden als Kind von Ihrer Mutter beleidigt und erniedrigt und haben das Verhalten Ihrer Mutter nicht verstanden? Sie leiden noch heute unter den Folgen und möchten dafür sorgen, dass es Ihnen zukünftig besser geht? Es ist nicht einfach mit einer narzisstischen Mutter aufzuwachsen. Narzisstische Mütter können verhindern, dass ihre Kinder ein gesundes Selbstwertgefühl aufbauen und selbstbewusst durch das Leben gehen. Sie wollen, dass ihr Kind nur für Sie da ist und sich alles gefallen lässt.

Las estadísticas no mienten: en Latinoamérica uno de cada cinco menores de edad sufren abuso sexual antes de cumplir los 12 años. En este libro, Joseluis Canales, Dado, examina detalladamente el impacto físico y emocional que tiene el abuso sexual en sus víctimas, así como los obstáculos por los que estas tienen que pasar para lograr su recuperación emocional. El libro incluye testimonios de mujeres y hombres que no pudieron alcanzar una vida plena hasta resolver de raíz el abuso sexual que sufrieron en su infancia, y que los llevó por diversos caminos de la autodestrucción.

This author tells the true story of his younger life of physical abuse and extreme mental abuse that was imposed upon him by an unstable stepdad on a daily basis. In this book, the author shares raw events from his abuse that occurred when he was 10 years old to about 15 years old, and the only safe place he could sometimes escape to was his grandma's house and the local church whenever he was allowed to attend.

Leaving home was not easy for Irene Sardanis. Born into a Greek family in the Bronx in the 1940s, she was the youngest child of an unhappy mother and a father who drank, gambled, and enjoyed other women—and then, when Irene was 11, abandoned the family altogether. Irene's older siblings found a way out, but Irene was trapped, held hostage to her mother's rage and despair. When she finally escaped her mother as a young adult, she married a Greek man who controlled and dominated her just like her mother always had. But Irene wasn't ready to let her story end there.

Wer mit sich selbst und seiner Umwelt im Reinen ist, hat gute Chancen auf ein selbstbestimmtes und erfülltes Leben. Der narzisstische Missbrauch in jungen Jahren beeinflusst Menschen weit ins Erwachsenenalter und hemmt diese in vielerlei Hinsicht. Speziell Töchter narzisstisch veranlagter Mütter haben sehr unter geringem Selbstwertgefühl und dergleichen zu kämpfen. In diesem Ratgeber werden wir dem Narzissmus auf die Spur kommen um selbst zu verstehen was die Beweggründe für eine Mutter sein könnten sich so ihren Kinder gegenüber zu verhalten wie diese es tun.

I thought I was having a breakdown; turns out, it was a breakthrough. Bombarded by uninvited memories of childhood trauma, I questioned why God would allow so many horrible things to happen to me. When God interrupted my pleas for help with a simple question—“Will you trust me with your story?”—I agreed to step out of my stage-perfect Christian life and into the journey toward healing and finally seeing him as a good, loving God.

En México, nada detiene la violencia contra las mujeres y lo más trágico es que los golpes, el abuso sexual y el asesinato ocurren también con las niñas, víctimas de la perversidad de los seres humanos, la complicidad—en muchos casos—de familiares y la indiferencia de las autoridades. #Con las niñas no y tampoco los niños es una investigación sin precedentes sobre el feminicidio infantil que devela cómo en la pandemia creció este delito, quiénes son los verdugos y cómo cruzan este infierno los padres de estas niñas y niños sacrificados.

A look into the reality of childhood trauma and narcissistic abuse.

Behind the Windows of a Smile looks into the life of a childhood sexual abuse survivor. Through her story, you will learn how it happens, and how its effects ripple through the lives of its victims. Coming from a raw and vulnerable place, the author pulls back the curtain on abuse to take you on a journey toward healing and freedom. It provides a platform to open up the conversation about childhood sexual abuse and start the effective healing process that so many people need.

Tall in the Face of Adversity tells the story of S J Briggs. A man who grew up from humble beginnings within a military family, he endured years of child abuse from his schoolteacher and Peter Righton, founder of the Paedophile Information Exchange, in the 1970s. Briggs enlisted in the army, was wounded in action, lived homeless in London, built a business, and finally faced his abuser in courts 40 years after the incident. Brutally honest, Briggs' unbiased account will bring tears to the eyes of listeners.

Thriving After Sexual Abuse is an eloquent and empathetic self-development book laying out a blueprint for survivors to heal themselves. Denise Bossarte writes with fierce candor as she shares her own traumatic experience with childhood sexual abuse. Thriving After Sexual Abuse provides tips and suggestions for listeners to seek help, self-reflect, and pursue healing through a range of activities and practices and offers tangible strategies for listeners to reclaim their lives and move forward to a life of thriving.

Shame stitched her mouth shut, abuse scalded her voice, and religious manipulation taught her that unconditional love must be earned through self-inflicted torture. Tessa understood her failings before she knew her favorite color. “You’re too emotional, too sensitive, you look too much like your mother, and you’re a constant disappointment.” How exacting are the demands for her freedom?

Die meisten Kinder in Deutschland wachsen in Liebe auf, aber sehr viele erleben schutzlos eine lieblose, traumatisierende Kindheit in unterschiedlichem Ausmaß, darüber ein Schleier des Schweigens, unerhört! Es ist ein Verrat an Kindern - emotional, digital, sozial und politisch - mit gravierenden Auswirkungen auf ihre Gesundheit, kreatives Potential, soziale Widerstandskraft und souveräne Mediennutzung als Erwachsene. Und es sind nicht etwa Einzelfälle, sondern zu vielen geht es weniger gut oder sogar skandalös schlecht!

At the age of 16, Jeneen Miller was prosecuted without a fair trial for telling a family-kept secret about a wrongdoing perpetrated at the hands of her uncle. After bravely coming forth to her family, they were not open to the truth. In 1988, Jeneen's parents used trickery to achieve the ultimate betrayal. Instead of the therapy they promised Jeneen, they turned her over to a prison camp in Ramona, California, without any communication. This is an account of Jeneen's battle to redeem herself after being abused by her family and Victory Christian Academy.

Set in Rome, Chicago, and Anchorage and spanning thirty years, The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me recounts in lyric movements a sister’s journey, partly through trickery, but eventually through truth, to gain a long-absent admission from the priest who abused her brother. While on that journey, Nockels Wilson confronts not only the priest, but her personal quest for vengeance. She further seeks an understanding of how the first Book of Timothy, the alleged work of St. Paul, contributed to the silencing of women in her once loved Catholic Church.

Guida Alla Violenza Domestica mostra le cause che sottendono e i risultati di quando si affrontano situazioni di violenza domestica. Non ci sono risposte facili, ma ci sono soluzioni. La violenza domestica prospera in molti aspetti della società. É anche comune in molte nazioni in tutto il mondo. Gli effetti e le cause della violenza domestica sono spesso trascurati mentre le soluzioni sono difficile da trovare o da mettere in atto. Questo libro fornisce delle informazioni utili su come affrontare la violenza domestica.