by Helen Papadopoulos | Sep 15, 2019 | Healing Sexual Abuse, self-help skills
This post is dedicated to survivors of ALL forms of abuse who still have trouble asserting themselves as a result of being victimized. In a nutshell: anger-aggressiveness is necessary when setting rock solid boundaries – the relationship between them is...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Sep 5, 2019 | Healing Sexual Abuse, philosophy, self-help skills
I am a great believer in art as a profound form of therapy that far surpasses counseling and other types of conventional therapy. The focus will be on various art forms created by others that helped me heal and my personal creative outlet – writing. These...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jul 17, 2019 | diy therapy, education, Healing Sexual Abuse, philosophy, self-help skills
Anything worthwhile is going to cost you something – usually more than one thing (e.g. money, time, energy, emotional turmoil, and so on). When delving deep into something painful, the pain itself is the heftiest price that needs to be paid. The price is...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Nov 6, 2015 | diy therapy, Healing Sexual Abuse, oracle reading
PTSD Self Help: Flashbacks Flashbacks are more prevalent amongst those who have endured Abuse Trauma. However, watching a loved one die (or anyone, for that matter) is also traumatic and does not necessarily involve any kind of victimization. This kind of recollection...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Mar 12, 2015 | diy therapy, education, Healing Sexual Abuse, philosophy, self-help skills
This has bothered me for a long time – the use of the term ‘survivor’ for victims of all types of abuse. It hasn’t bothered me enough to stop using it, but I aim to avoid it. I think it places the focus on survival – just existing,...
by Helen Papadopoulos | May 26, 2014 | diy therapy, education, Healing Sexual Abuse, philosophy, self-help skills
Out of Body Experiences (OBEs) are not to be confused with Near Death Experiences (NDEs) – the former is about self-preservation during times of crises; the latter is the result of reaching death, or coming very close to it, only to return a thoroughly...
