EP.080 | Breaking the Silence: Emotional Incest & Sexual Assault | SAAM

About this episode

In this episode, Raysa Michelle shares her personal experiences as a survivor of sexual abuse and emotional incest during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and in this episode I share my personal experiences as a survivor of sexual abuse and emotional incest. For a long time, I didn't have names for what happened to me. I just knew something felt wrong. Chapters 00:00 Sexual Abuse Awareness Month 05:20 Trauma Anniversaries 09:40 Emotional Incest 25:27 Consent and Boundaries 33:21 Spectrum of Sexual Abuse 36:13 Grooming and Why Survivors Stay Silent 40:44 Resources and Healing Resources RAINN Hotline — 1-800-656-HOPE Crisis Text Line — Text HOME to 741741 SNAP Psychology Today Therapist Finder YWCA (not YMCA 😅) Incest Aware Alliance Healing and C-PTSD Foundation Silently Seduced — Kenneth Adams Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents — Lindsay C. Gibson The Emotional Incest Syndrome — Patricia Love Fawning — Dr. Ingrid Clayton Perry Power on Instagram Brad Shore on YouTube EP.064 with Dr. Ingrid Clayton RAYE — Life Boat Redd & The Paper Flowers ✨ Stay connected: 📱 Instagram 🌐 hellotraumabrain.riverside.com 🌐 All platforms via Bio Site (quick links to every player 🙂) 💛 Donate via PayPal 📧 hellotraumabrain@gmail.com

People in this episode

Host: Raysa Michelle

Topics covered

• sexual assault awareness
• emotional incest
• trauma
• consent
• boundaries
• survivor resources

Keywords

• sexual abuse
• emotional incest
• trauma anniversaries
• consent
• boundaries
• grooming
• survivor resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RAINN Hotline, Crisis Text Line, SNAP, Incest Aware Alliance, Healing and C-PTSD Foundation

Books & works: Silently Seduced, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, The Emotional Incest Syndrome

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