{"id":3048,"date":"2015-04-28T14:32:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healwritenow.com\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2015-04-28T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T18:32:44","slug":"to-write-love-on-her-arms-childhood-abuse-prevention-and-sexual-violence-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/to-write-love-on-her-arms-childhood-abuse-prevention-and-sexual-violence-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"To Write Love on Her Arms: Childhood Abuse Prevention and Sexual Violence Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I&#8217;m honored to have the following piece, from my Why Heal Write Now page on the To Write Love on Her Arms blog where i now write a monthly column for survivors.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3050\" src=\"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/to-write-love-on-her-arms.jpg\" alt=\"to write love on her arms\" width=\"205\" height=\"246\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here&#8217;s an excerpt:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;In 1989, I was 22 years old, and I had just been diagnosed with PTSD stemming from childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse, abandonment, and neglect. What I needed more than therapy or books or experts or support groups was to meet a woman, decades older, who had a childhood as bad as mine or worse \u2013 and who went on to have a life. A personal life. A professional life. A sex life. A family life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I was aching to see with my own eyes this middle-aged survivor. I needed proof of her existence because she is what I feared I could never become. To read the rest, click <a href=\"http:\/\/twloha.com\/blog\/maybe-i-have-become-the-woman-i-needed\/\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m honored to have the following piece, from my Why Heal Write Now page on the To Write Love on Her Arms blog where i now write a monthly column for survivors. 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