Explore the connection between sexual victimization, addiction, and compulsive behaviours! This book demonstrates clearly what lengths survivors of sexual abuse will go to in attempting to avoid dealing with the pain resulting from their sexual abuse. Anyone who has been sexually abused is likely to have one of the addictions or compulsive behaviours described herein.
Key Features
- Trust and friendship
- Sexuality and sexual addiction
- Marriage and family
- Religious addiction as opposed to spirituality
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Workaholism
- Weight issues and eating disorders
- Violence as the result of shame, fear, and depression caused by abuse
Additional Information
The information in Recovering from Sexual Abuse, Addictions, and Compulsive Behaviours regarding codependency is especially useful to survivors of sexual abuse who now find themselves in abusive relationships. Survivors of abuse who have gone without treatment sometimes become either sexual perpetrators or sexual addicts and may experience many different types of psychological dysfunction. This valuable work will show you:
- HOW the survivor came to employ addictive or compulsive behaviours
- WHY the survivor continues to employ these self-abusive behaviours despite the pain caused by the addiction
- WHAT the survivor needs to do to aid recovery
- WHERE the survivor can turn to obtain the help that is needed to recover from addictive or compulsive behaviours
Specifications
With its complete bibliography and up-to-date information on sexual abuse, addictions, and compulsive behaviours, Recovering from Sexual Abuse, Addictions, and Compulsive Behaviours will show you the full course of sexual abuse and its aftermath, bringing you from the beginning of the journey to the destination of recovery.
