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The holidays are vulnerable times for most survivors.

With a recent upswing in awareness and military and campus funding for male inclusive resources, more programs are asked to address the issues facing men that have experienced sexual abuse.

An accumulation of painful life experience that was not fully faced and accepted in the moment it arose, the "painbody" leaves behind an energy form of emotional pain.

We could not be more thankful for the opportunity to serve and for those that have partnered with us to make our services available over the last 8 years.

Nothing in me is defective and I'm still healing.

Whether just beginning inclusive practices or sharing developed assessment tools, institutions are taking steps to help all students.

I have now made the choice to do my best to repair and rebuild myself into a whole and healthy person.

Both women and men can be triggered by current events to re-experience the well-known “fight, flight, or freeze” responses left over from childhood trauma. Years of trauma research has shown us that establishing safety and emotional connection are important components in healing from childhood abuse.

Here on the east coast, the nights are getting crisp and the leaves are beginning to change. Fall means only one thing around here: football season. As a child growing up in a rural town, football was a central part of folks’ lives. Football culture defined what it meant to be a male. Back home, true American males embodied football. 

In my work with 1in6, I’ve heard many men’s stories of trauma and recovery, each one unique. 

I’ll admit that when I first listened to David Holthouse’s startling declaration that he’d once planned to commit murder, I was a bit shocked. It would have been difficult then to imagine how his searing story of recovery from a childhood rape could be transformed into a play that would leave me feeling, not just moved, but inspired.