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Finding Meaning After Sexual Trauma
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I’ve been told I was fine by people whose job it was to help me. Therapists. Religious counselors. Every time, I walked out feeling more alone than when I walked in.
This episode is about what happens after and about what I refuse to say to you.
It was not a blessing. It was not a gift. It did not happen for a reason. But there is something real underneath all that toxic positivity, and it’s worth separating out: post-traumatic growth doesn’t say trauma is good for you. It says that for some people, the struggle afterward builds something. Not the event. The struggle.
Which means the credit belongs to you, not to the thing that hurt you.
In this episode:
∙Why “everything happens for a reason” quietly makes your trauma yours
∙What post-traumatic growth actually claims and the three things it does not
∙Why I became a therapist, and healing depression, grief, and sexual abuse mostly on my own
∙If a therapist left you feeling unseen, that was a bad fit & not proof you can’t be helped
∙What healing actually took: movement, self-care, self-talk, boundaries, awareness, reflection, and years
∙Why you’re not behind, and why looking for meaning too early is its own pressure
∙A guided GLOW™ practice and three journal prompts
Journal prompts: What have you made out of what happened? Who did you become that you actually like? What helped you heal that wasn’t talking?
Content note: this episode discusses depression, the death of a parent, and sexual abuse.
Episodes mentioned:
Lilith Part 1: Reclaiming Your No After Sexual Trauma | Boundaries and Autonomy for Neurodivergent Women
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