Tips for Survivors: Survivors and Sleep
It is beyond important for everyone to get enough sleep. For survivors it is essential. Sleep is where the mind can relax, unwind and rest. We keep our minds busy with unresolved trauma and anxiety, s...
11 Marras 20256min
Survivor Interview: Tracy Lee
Tracy Lee Author. Activist. Lived experience CSA victim. Tracy was the eldest of 4 children and the only girl. Her mother was 17 years old when she had her. She was abused by her father from the age o...
4 Marras 202545min
Blog: Overthinking
I believe that overthinking is connected to hypervigilance and is part of a post trauma response. For many survivors, overthinking became second nature, as you had no control over what was happening t...
28 Loka 20255min
Survivor Interview: Keith Williams
Keith Williams Survivor Keith was 7 years old when the abuse began by an older brother, this went on till he was 12 years of age, at which point Keith believes he aged out. The coercive control and ma...
21 Loka 202544min
Q&A Session: October 2025
Please reach out to contactus@handingtheshameback.org, we want to help you! If you have questions, we may have some answers, each month we provide a Q&A forum for you to help educate and inform. This ...
16 Loka 202511min
Tips for Survivors: Overthinking
Do you ever find yourself overthinking and wondering why you do it? This can stem from anxiety, fear, and even feelings of not being seen, heard or understood. This was because during the time the abu...
14 Loka 20257min
Survivor Interview: Lisa Mannina
Lisa Mannina Survivor. Pilot. Metastatic Breast Cancer Warrior Lisa was abused by her mother's 3rd husband's son who was in his mid to late 20’s. She was 10 years old, this abuse carried on for 4 year...
7 Loka 202540min
Blog: Possibilities
For most of us possibilities are not something we ever seriously consider. We tend to live with thoughts of things not working out for us as opposed to the opposite: things working out well. Did you k...
23 Syys 20255min
