SURVIVORS
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SURVIVORS

Mental Health, Sex Abuse

This Is How I Dissociated to Survive Sex Abuse

Peritraumatic disassociation helped me fly above the pain and trauma I experienced as a little girl

image by DroDean — purchased by the author

As a child, I created imaginary worlds with the aid of peritraumatic disassociation to survive the mental and physical horrors of rape. My mind adapted my…

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Toni Tails

CEO of ToniTails.com | Published Author & Illustrator| Body Positive Graphic Artist | Autism Mama | Survivor of Child Sex Abuse | PTSD ADHD Queer Babe | she/her