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Dealing with taboo-trauma
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The Last Secret: Daughter Sexually Abused by MothersThe Last Secret: Daughter Sexually Abused by Mothers by Bobbie Rosencrans
Buy used from: $23.95
Hard to find books like this. This listmania list is in order of how events in my life transpired. Sexually abused by mother until a later teenager, then raped at 25 and dealing with the PTSD since.
Mother-Daughter Incest: A Guide for Helping ProfessionalsMother-Daughter Incest: A Guide for Helping Professionals by Beverly Ogilvie
Buy new: $44.80 / Used from: $63.91
This is a good book for professionals and non-professionals... there are hardly ANY books on mother-daughter incest, as most people find it incomprehensible. I have found it safer to not tell people.
Female Sexual Abuse of ChildrenFemale Sexual Abuse of Children
Buy new: $24.65 / Used from: $12.45
Just another one of the few books on female sexual abuse by females.
From Victim To Survivor: Women Survivors Of Female PerpetratorsFrom Victim To Survivor: Women Survivors Of Female Perpetrators by Whetsell Mitche
Buy new: $30.78 / Used from: $16.97
This is a great book. It is the first book that I got that helped me not feel so alone.
Silently Seduced: When Parents Make their Children Partners - Understanding Covert IncestSilently Seduced: When Parents Make their Children Partners - Understanding Covert Incest by Kenneth M. Adams
Buy new: $8.76 / Used from: $4.89
With overt incest often comes covert incest...
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against WomenThe Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $4.85
This is a great book to help get over eating disorders. I suffered with one for years, and this book helped closed the case on my problems with food and my body.
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political TerrorTrauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman
Buy new: $12.60 / Used from: $6.85
This is a classic on Trauma. Very factual, but it helped me also not feel so insane.
Feelings Buried Alive Never DieFeelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol K. Truman
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $7.24
A great book to help you understand your feelings and what they can do to your body.
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and HealingAnatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.50
More of a spiritual read, I recommend it for anyone of any faith. It also intertwinds the body/mind/spirit in a way no one else has explained it (for me at least).
After Silence: Rape & My Journey BackAfter Silence: Rape & My Journey Back by Nancy Venable Raine
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $2.99
After I was raped, this book was hard to get through, but it helped me understand that I wasn't insane AGAIN, and things can be better.
Rebuilding Shattered Lives: The Responsible Treatment of Complex Post-Traumatic and Dissociative DisordersRebuilding Shattered Lives: The Responsible Treatment of Complex Post-Traumatic and Dissociative Disorders by James A. Chu
Buy new: $44.36 / Used from: $37.13
Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy of PseudoseizuresPsychodynamics and Psychotherapy of Pseudoseizures by Dalma, Ph.D. Kalogjera-Sackellares
Buy new: $56.95 / Used from: $66.66
I suffer from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (a conversion disorder stemming from the PTSD from being raped in my 20's and being sexually abused as a child).
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma TreatmentThe Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild
Buy new: $19.36 / Used from: $18.00
The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and DiseaseThe Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease by Robert C. Scaer
Buy new: $33.96 / Used from: $28.00
Somatoform Dissociation: Phenomena, Measurement, and Theoretical IssuesSomatoform Dissociation: Phenomena, Measurement, and Theoretical Issues by Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis
Buy new: $27.50 / Used from: $13.50
Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and BrainHealing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and Brain by Marion Solomon
Buy new: $27.42 / Used from: $29.50
Succulent Wild WomanSucculent Wild Woman by Sark
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01
I included this because it is a great read for fun. Everyone needs fun!!!!!
Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and dancing with the Pits)Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and dancing with the Pits) by SARK
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.99
Another SARK book, because she is fun... and is also a survivor of incest (brother-sister incest).