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Sexual Self-Survey

Entry No.61.Take a sexual self-survey. What have you experienced sexually up to now? What did you like? What did you not like? What do you know about your sexuality? What would you like to learn?I've definitely experienced sex with women,...

Attitudes & Biases.

[color=green]Entry No.5 [b]Take a look at your own attitudes and biases regarding sex. Make a list of what you think is healthy and not healthy regarding consensual sex. Discuss your list with a friend. Be sure to include issues of sexual...

Necessary Support.

[color=red]Entry No.4[b]5. What do you need to support your sexual healing? What actions can you take to build this network of support? Think big. Go beyond the bare minimum requirements for survival. Imagine having all the support you possibly...
Megan's Law ~ Facts About Sex OffendersI've replaced the factual answers and added my own responses to make it personalMost men who commit sexual offenses do not know their victim.I knew the babysitters and my parents trusted them, and my parents trusted only other black...

Assisted Support

Entry No.3

[b]What support do you have now to assist you in your sexual healing?

a.Self-Care: journal writing, positive self-talk, ability to feel your emotions, eating well and exercising, somatic practices, spiritual practice.

b.Community Support:...
Second Entry of This List.3.Practice building an internal sense of safety. What sensations and feelings in your body give you a sense of safety, settledness, or resourcefulness? Where do you feel that now? Whenever I'm alone in my room....

Safety & Comfort.

First Entry of This List2. What is safety to you? What is the difference between safety and comfort? What are examples of experiences in which you were safe yet uncomfortable? What is safety? That's a hard question to answer. I was never...
1.Why heal sexually? What do you want to gain from it? How will your life be different and more satisfying? How will you know when you've gotten what you want?Simply, I want to feel normal, that I can enjoy sex and not be reminded of the past violations that were done to me. I don't like feeling that my emotional scars get in the...

Why Heal Sexually?

Why heal sexually? What do you want to gain from it? How will your life be different and more satisfying? How will you know when you've gotten what you want?Simply, I want to feel normal, that I can have sex and not be reminded of the past violations that were done to me. I don't like feeling that my emotional scars dictate how good...

The Revelation

I was having trouble with an online member of this actors group I belong to. I almost ended up getting the whole group involved, but he sent me a letter back to me saying that this could've been just between the two of us and we could resolve this whole thing better. That's when I got this revelation: [b]My so-called friends who butted in...

The Media Bastards!

After I came home and crashed for a few hours, I awoke to my tv. I always turn it on as soon as I arrive and turn it off as soon as I leave. There was a segment on some news show about the supporter who sided with Kobe Bryant's victim. The interviewer was biased in a passive-aggressive way, acting like she's asking perfectly legit...

Ramblings 2

Me + Sex = Bad consequencesMe + Celibacy = SafetyJust thinking about sex sometimes triggers uncomfortable thoughts, like punishment for having desires. I tell myself I did nothing wrong. I've been in situations where less harmful things have happened and automatically people were concerned for my safety and well-being. I compare most horrible...

First Ramblings

Finally! This thing is working!

For the past few weeks, I've heard gossip about a friend who was charged with sexual harrassment and another friend who was jailed many years ago for "Homosexual Acts towards Young Boys". I use to think that if I knew of anyone who did these things, I wouldn't associate with them. I looked down on...
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