Greetings everyone. Not only am I new to this group, but I'm new to a relationship with a survivor. We've been seeing each other for around four months,...
Thanks Carrie! ... in a blue moon to see if anyone from my time of need here has posted anything new. I am so very sad to see that the group has gotten so ...
Got a call from my ex, she told me our son was missing me, wanted to know if I would come and get him. The tone of her voice was blank and distant. I asked...
This is my first post. I have been with a woman for five years who has been abused sexually, physically, and mentally by people in her family her whole life....
Welcome to POS. Keep in mind your choice (is it really a choice?, some say not.) of attempting to be a boyfriend to her and at the same time friend to a...
Its good that you are seeking and getting counselling. Please continue with it. One can really sense the frustration you are feeling and going through. Based...
Hi Chris, First, I want to offer you my unconditional support in the myriad issues you're dealing with in your relationship with a survivor of sexual abuse. I...
I don't even know where to begin. I'm married to (well now separated) a survivor. When we met I told her how I usually attracted women that had had some form...
Gomez, I'm new to the message board but have been in several relationships with survivors (recently realized the need to be needed and to be a savior is MY...
Phil, Sadly I haven't even found one for myself. I will tell you an excellent book (and at the end they have some contacts for support groups). The book is...
my boyfriend told me in the beginning of our relationship that he had been raped as a child when he attended summer camp. At the time I really thought that he...
Well I am new to the forum too, but not to CSA. 22 years of marriage and several kids later, I am staring divorce in the face. My choice not hers. I will give...
My brother, you have come a long way to focus on yourself and get your mind right about who you are. I too, figured out how to eat right and lost 40 lbs in the...
I am so sorry for you and him. but I will only speak to you. I would first suggest that you get a cople of good books and read up quickly. There are a number...
Hello I am sorry about your situation. Your friend's strong reaction /trigger may indicate a good time to seek some professional counselling, even if it is...
Hello, I am brand new to this group, but I am searching for someone who can help me understand what me and my partner are going through. We are both women in...
What you describe in many ways are very classic symptoms other partners here have had to deal with; yet one could also say a lot of people and relationships go...
I joined this group briefly in July/August of 2008. I left when my partner and I split up and it looked like she wasn't coming back. Well, she's back in my...
Hi Dawn - Welcome back. I think I remember you. I'm sorry your ex-relationship is still so complicated. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just turn-off...
Thanks for the suggestion. Sadly, it seems I've joined again and probably don't need to be here. Not right now anyway. I found out yesterday that she is dating...
I'm sorry Dawn to hear that. I think I would like to hear about how some of these couples work out - but I think, at least on this list, it is rare. I had a...
Hi, my name is Joanna. I am in a relationship with an incest survivor. I too am a child sex abuse survivor. We have been together for 11 months today and...
Interesting, Patricia, Turns out my CSA survivor wife is reading the same book, got it from a group she's in, must be making the rounds. She told me that in...
My husband and I have been married for 9 1/2years. I know that as a child he was sexually abused my members in his church. When we first started dating he was...
Greetings positive partners, I am a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology located in Chicago,IL and was wondering if I might be able to pass along info...
I might be willing to participate in your research. I would love to see more light shed on this subject. I am new and am desperately trying to find support...
I've been with my partner 14 months. She has been in therapy since November 08. She is currently undergoing EMDR for the sexual abuse trauma and its helping...
The training you have as a social worker will either work tremendously for you, by knowing to keep a professional distance, or against you, because you have...
Thank you for taking the time to respond and offer that great advice. I have been considering talking with a colleague, or even going through some therapy...
Hi Everyone, I am looking for others in the SF Bay Area to join or begin a group for partners of survivors of child sexual abuse and rape. I am mostly...
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