In The Spotlight ~ Book Review: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
Welcome to our Thursday segment.
In keeping with our theme for this week, we're going to do a review of a book written by an abuse survivor. Hannah Reinbeck bravely shares her story of childhood sexual abuse and neglect in her memoir, Breaking the Cycle of Abuse: My Journey From Victim to Survivor . Stories such as Hannah's are so important to have out there because these issues happen a lot more often than we are either willing to realize or accept. Sure...
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Feb 08, 2019 08:49AM
You captured the message of this book as I had intended. While the focus is about the various forms of abuse/neglect that I endured, it was also important for me to share just how I was affected beyond feeling sad, scared, heart-broken. The long term damage changes the way you think and react because your body (my body) has been in fight/flight mode since childhood (30 years ago). Most people have no idea what the aftermath is like, no one talks about it but we should. I will talk about my experience and continue to talk until the matter of sexual abuse is no longer taboo. I was not protected, but maybe sharing my story will help someone who needs to hear it. Thank You Chynna!
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Anything I can do to help get this message out a bit further, I have no problem in helping with. :) Good job, Hannah. You're doing great things.
