Entries by Maya Bethany

Fighting the Comfort

Written by Kendra Bennett, LPC So, after my last blog post, I have been feeling extremely vulnerable. I find after feeling all of the raw emotions from a trigger, I become extremely irritable, angry, judgmental, and quick to lash out at others. Sometimes I don’t even realize it until something is at the tip of […]

Courage Over Comfort

         Written by Kendra Bennett, LPC   I am sitting here at the computer for the second day in a row and starting this post again after writing, deleting, and rewriting it I don’t know how many times.  The events of the past week have triggered so many emotions within my heart […]

Sharing Your Space with Your Abuser

Home is supposed to be your refuge, your safe space, your shield from the dangers of the world. Yet for many of us as sexual abuse survivors, home was the epicenter. Research from The National Center for Victims of Crime found that 60 percent of children are sexually abused by someone in their social circle […]