“I HYPERSEXUALIZED Myself After Sexual Trauma” {Survivors Discuss}

Are you a survivor who is hypersexualizing yourself or having unhealthy sexual patterns after sexual trauma? (timestamps below)

Welcome to the new Survivors Discuss series by SurvivorRevive!

WHAT IS SURVIVORS DISCUSS: Survivors Discuss is a collection of panel discussions with real life survivors where we talk about the topics that affect survivors everyday. Each episode we will touch on a different topic.

****TRIGGER WARNING****
IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO TRIGGERS, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VIDEO CONTAINS SENSITIVE CONTENT.

For the first panel, we sat down with 6 survivors of sexual trauma - Ashleigh, Nelao, Kate, Shavvone, Nicole and Olivia - to chat about hypersexualization of self after trauma. Each panelist was asked to answer the following questions:

0:00 Intro

01:17 How did you hypersexualize yourself after sexual trauma?

07:35 Why do you feel you hypersexualized yourself?

14:15 How did you feel before, during and after hypersexualizing yourself?

23:23 Did you experience any consequences for your actions with hypersexualization?

32:30 How long did it take for you to realize you were doing it?

39:48 If you could change one thing about your past with hypersexualization, what would it be (if anything)?

45:34 How do you/did you combat hypersexualizing yourself?

53:27 What is your best advice for someone who is hypersexualizing themself after sexual trauma?


****Are you a survivor who is hypersexualizing yourself after sexual trauma? Share with the SurvivorRevive community below.****


Where to connect with the survivors on this panel (go show some love!):

  / nelaonengola  
  / oliviaamy_  
  / monosavv_beadedmess  
  / ashleighv33  
  / brainbowss  
  / katefranklin_  


Resources:

RAINN - https://www.rainn.org
1 in 6 - https://1in6.org/
Joyful Heart Foundation - http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/


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