We Are Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and Neglect

This is a continuation of my presentation as to the impact of child abuse and neglect on millions of children in the United States. The media is flagrantly absent in its coverage about the devastating results of criminal behavior by parents/caretakers in America. Listed below are more statistics.

It is important to provide the devastating effects of child abuse and neglect because the only thing we hear about in the media are the staggering statistics about physical illnesses.  This series provides a broad overview of what millions of children and adults have to cope with because of parental/caretaker abuse.

Children are born with needs and feelings. Infants develop internal models from day one as to how they feel about themselves and how they view other people’s behaviors. Depending upon how they are cared for when they cry or need attention, they develop basic beliefs about themselves as to whether they are lovable or unlovable,

Within this series that I have been writing, I have been trying to connect the dots to show the contrast between:

• the scientific, documented research for over 100 years of multiple personalities and members of the psychiatric community who support recovery for adult survivors of abuse  with

I have shown throughout this series documented, scientific research of reported incidents of multiple personalities, the causes, and the need for effective therapy. I myself, as a child abuse survivor had about 20 personalities that I integrated into one during 11 of my 23 years in therapy. Thank God, I had a top trauma therapist who knew what she was doing. 

I wrote about Paul McHugh’s support of Catholic priests charged with pedophilia last Monday. Now I want to address Elizabeth Loftus’ role as well. Remember, how in Dissociative Identity Disorder – Part 10 I wrote about her own studies validating repressed memories? Well, with her support of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation

Some major work began to appear in the physical (versus mental) medical field that provided more evidence in the brain’s ability to suppress memories. This is important in the area of child abuse. Remember, researchers in the psychiatric field have been stating this for over 100 years. Another article shown below addresses this issue.

Recently the State of New York, like other states have done in the past, tried to extend the statute of limitations allowing child abuse survivors to sue their long-protected abusers. As usual, they ran into tough resistance from, you guessed it, the Catholic church—the non-existent defender of children.

In my last blog, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Part 15, I talked about the media’s focus on presenting false information about the reality of multiple personalities and the impact on therapists who treat patients with this disorder. I would have preferred that Mike Wallace talk about how therapists were being targeted and harassed

I have added the ability to ask questions of those of you who view my Posts at the lower left-hand page of my website. While I would love to hear from everyone, I am mostly interested in hearing from those of you who are adult survivors of child abuse and neglect.