Healing from S*xual Abuse Without Letting It Define You

Send us Fan Mail Liz explains how sexual trauma impacts the body, identity, and ability to feel safe and connected, living not only in memory but in the nervous system and conditioning beliefs like “intimacy equals danger.” It discusses how incest can create intense confusion and toxic shame because the violator is someone expected to be trusted, leading to adaptations such as avoidance, numbness, disconnection, or forcing intimacy while being internally absent. She outlines trauma neuroscien...