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Celibacy's Remarkable Role in the Healing Journey of Sexual Assault Survivors

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Deneishia LeArtiste
Feb 03, 2024
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Trauma recovery is a deeply personal journey, one that demands courage, resilience, and a commitment to self-care. Learning how to care for myself in all the ways that foster my health has proven to be the cornerstone to reprogramming my conditional responses and my learned processing. As a sexual assault survivor, I have often faced a range of challenges, including the loss of trust, intimacy issues, and a disconnection from my body. Self-love may very well be the most daunting, difficult, and revolutionary work I have ever done, or will ever do.

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