( Discussion of and questions for how abuse can affect one's place in life and what we accomplish )

( Cut for talk of trust, betrayal, learning to trust, and difficulties with trust and vulnerability )

( Talk about normalization, wanting to feel normal )

( Cut for talk of child abuse, abuser isolating survivors, and related after-effects. Non-graphic. )

( Cut for talk of enabled/allowed abuse. Will likely trigger )

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( Disturbing sexual fantasies in abuse survivors. )

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This week's Thought-Stirring Question was originally posted by sistahraven  in 2006, but is something that is frequently requested and always relevant in our lives:

( Discussion of positivity from the original TSQ. )

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( Discussion of gender identity. )

( Talking about recovery, positive aspects of recovery. )