Description
Book Synopsis"How Long Does It Hurt?" is the revised and updated edition of the best-selling book written by an incest survivor for future survivors. This step-by-step guide speaks directly to victims of sexual abuse to help them come to grips with what is happening to them and overcome their feelings of isolation, confusion, and self-doubt.
Table of ContentsThank you xi
Foreword xiii
Preface to the First Edition xv
Preface to the Revised Edition xvii
Part One The Hurting Begins
1. You’re Not Alone 3
2. Is What Happened Really Abuse? 13
3. Internet Sex Crimes 23
Part Two Blowing the Whistle
4. Telling 41
5. What Will People Say? 59
6. What’s Happening to Me? 66
7. Living with Your Family After You Tell 78
8. Going to Court 101
Part Three Forward Motion
9. Healing Is a Choice 125
10. Respecting How You Survived 138
11. Making Way for Your Future 154
12. Forgiving: Will You or Won’t You? 171
13. Sex: What It Is, What It Isn’t 180
Part Four Things to Know
14. What You Should Know About Offenders 201
15. What Friends of Victims Should Know 218
16. What Some Survivors Would Like You to Know 234
Notes 249
Bibliography 251
Index 255
The Authors 267
