Cure Your Blues from the Inside Out Marcus Cohen

This book demonstrates clearly what lengths survivors of sexual abuse will go to in attempting to avoid dealing with the pain resulting from their sexual abuse. Anyone who has been sexually abused is likely to have one of the addictions or compulsive behaviors described herein. The information in recovering from sexual abuse, addictions, and compulsive behaviors regarding co-dependency is especially useful to survivors who now find themselves in abusive relationships. Survivors of abuse who've gone without treatment sometimes become either sexual perpetrators or sexual addicts and may experience many different types of psychological dysfunction. Recovering from sexual abuse, addictions, and compulsive behaviors examines issues that survivors often have regarding: Trust and friendship Sexuality and sexual addiction Marriage and family Religious addiction as opposed to spirituality Alcohol and substance abuse Workaholic Weight issues and eating disorders Violence as the result of shame, fear, and depression caused by abuse Recovering from sexual abuse, addictions, and compulsive behaviors is more than a litany of the problems that survivors face. This valuable work will show you: HOW the survivor came to employ addictive or compulsive behaviors WHY the survivor continues to employ these self-abusive behaviors despite the pain caused by the addiction WHAT the survivor needs to do to aid recovery WHERE the survivor can turn to obtain the help that is needed to recover from addictive or compulsive behaviors With its complete bibliography and up-to-date information on sexual abuse, addictions, and compulsive behaviors, and how to recover will show you the full course of sexual abuse and its aftermath, bringing you from the beginnings through the steps that lead to addiction, compulsion, and ultimately, recovery. I have faced this personally growing up in a dysfunctional home where sexual and physical abuse were a common part of my life. It led me into alcoholism and eventually prison. I was born in North Adams, MA. During that time my name changed numerous times from one abusive marriage to another from my mom. I was faced with physical and sexual abuse, step-fathers who were either addicted to alcohol or drugs, often both. It left me a shattered young man. It's these experiences and lessons I learned from them on my road to recovery. It's through both psychological and theological approach to my recovery that I discovered a holistic approach to recovering from the results of abuse. May the lessons and methods I have learned bring you to same recovery, and to know who you are from the inside out. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Cure Your Blues from the Inside Out (Marcus Cohen)