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"What helped you the most in your healing?" a radio host asked me. "Two people listened when I told them," I said without hesitating. "They didn't condemn or belittle me."

Be kind to yourself. Say only positive, loving thoughts to yourself.

There is nothing wrong with us; something wrong was done to us.

There is no rushing through the inner healing process. It takes time. And effort.

And we were vulnerable.

I was older when my memories started to return. And they hurt. Deeply.

Nothing is as lonely as guarding our secrets. Nothing separates me more from other human beings than hiding part of myself.

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

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

In this blog entry Cecil Murphey, the adult, acknowledges the child who experienced childhood sexual abuse. He describes a cathartic inner dialogue between the adult survivor and the wounded inner child.