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I have gone through an array of emotions through the healing process. It seems to me that there are people out there with incredible blockages to their true self, health and well-being. Although power and incredible resources can seem to make you feel good, they are not the source of happiness and can create or keep you in despair, stagnation and devolution. The perpetrators that wielded power over me gave up their real power. They turned their power over to immediate gratifi

When I went for help in the military after the gang rape, I could not articulate the word rape. I could not even explain that I was having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. I couldn’t sleep, my nervous system was hyper-sensitive, and I was on edge all the time. The system that I was in not only supported the perpetrators, but they punished the victims for their symptoms. I was labeled “crazy woman” and sent on at least 2 psychiatric evaluations. The evaluators w

Military Sexual Trauma is a specific type of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that happens when someone on active duty in the military is sexually assaulted. It can happen on duty, on the base, off duty, off the base and the perpetrator(s) can be civilian, military, higher ranking or lower ranking. Military sexual trauma is far more common than the public is aware of.