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Thanks Josh, it does feel like a prison. I've been talking to the little boy me at times, telling myself things I needed to hear know...

Thanks Manipulated, I don't think it's something I can do now. It sounds really helpful, maybe it's something I can do in the future.

Hey Jeff! ((HUGS)) I just saw your message now, so please forgive my late response! I am so terribly sorry for all your trauma. Your...

Hey Toad, Thank you for sharing with us your thoughts and your message for your fellow victim during those moments of abuse. For your...

Ever since I can remember, I have had a strong dislike for having my picture taken – and especially posed photos while on vacation. On...

That's beautiful Josh... the 30 year old caring for the 11 year old. I have photos of myself as a child to remind me who exactly was...

Ben, Shame can be a prison, we can find our self inside it, then we try to escape it with addictions because at times those feel like...

Weekends of Recovery were part of MaleSurvivor but the therapist team formed Menhealing.org and that organization now runs the Weekends...

I missed your response for whatever reason, yes, a welcome addition. Thanks @Ceremony

A friend from OA asked this morning how I am doing and I said I'm attending to some early trauma and the process is unsettling. I...

As a follow up....no progress. At this point it feels too risky and I am in a very "untrusting" place right now. Freakin' miserable...

@Esterio the silence is so painful. Thats exactly how my wife deals w it when I tell her stuff. Just an empty stare; no expression of...

Visitor said: I was eternally pulled to relieve her of her feelings, to brighten her day, to do things perfectly to avoid her anger. I...

SS - I'm going to spare you my story and just simply throw out a bit of advice that I hope is helpful to you - I highly recommend that...

Thanks SMC1972, it is a big thing for me too. As I grow I realize that shame has been with me for almost my whole life. I hate shame.