Surviving and Transcending a Traumatic

It's like a dark thread woven through a piece of cloth: You can't pull it out without unraveling the whole thing. And it shows up here and there among all the other threads. Surviving and Transcending a Traumatic Childhood: The Dark Thread weaves together ninety stories of survival to create a silver lining of hope for those struggling to heal from childhood trauma. This unique book documents the endless challenges facing children and adults who have been subjected to physical, emotional, and psychological abuse, and examines the proactive coping strategies that have made their recoveries a success. Each poignant story reveals an amazing capacity for growth and an ability to adapt emotionally that offers a positive spirit to others suffering abuse. Book jacket.

Jean E. Jones is Marketing Director for Concordia University and serves on the faculty as an adjunct professor in the areas of research design and psychology. John DeFrain is Professor and Extension Family and Community Development Specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Linda Skogrand is an assistant professor and extension specialist at Utah State University in Logan.

Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Importance of the Topic	p. 2
About the Study	p. 3
About the Participants	p. 8
Intended Audience	p. 11
Organization of the Book	p. 12
Surviving As Children	p. 15
Beginning of the Trauma	p. 16
Common Feelings Associated with Trauma	p. 18
People Who Helped	p. 23
Factors That Helped	p. 25
Conclusion	p. 31
Transcending As Adults	p. 33
Spirituality	p. 37
Therapy and/or Support Groups	p. 41
Getting Married	p. 45
Escaping from the Abuse	p. 52
Looking Forward, Not Back	p. 57
Conclusion	p. 59
School	p. 61
It Was a Sin to Overeat	p. 62
My Nickname Was "The Retard"	p. 65
Once There Was a Seedling in the Forest	p. 69
Life Is What You Make It	p. 74
Religion and Spirituality	p. 79
I Was Sexually Abused by My Father and My Mother Tried to Kill Me!	p. 80
Inside I Was Dying	p. 83
Evil and Sin Are Ignorance Acted Upon	p. 91
Pariah or Paragon	p. 97
Nothing Is As Important As Loving Somebody and Having Somebody Love You	p. 97
The School Kids Called Us "The Crazy Gene Sorenson Kids"	p. 103
You Can Be the Sum of Your Own Choices and Not the Product of Your Past	p. 106
People Who Helped	p. 115
I Blame My Parents, My Brothers, and God	p. 116
I Almost Died Before I Realized That the Only Person Abusing Me Now Was Me	p. 119
It Made Me a Better Person	p. 129
What Was, Was, It Cannot Be Changed What Is, Is, But Can Be Changed What Comes, Comes, Be on the Offensive	p. 130
From Angel Child to the Devil's Child by the Age of Six	p. 136
I Have Seen the Dark Side of People; I Am Even More Determined to Seek the Light	p. 143
I Am a Walking Miracle; It Helps Me Believe in Other Miracles	p. 156
What We Have Learned	p. 163
What Happened	p. 163
When It Happened and When It Ended	p. 164
Common Feelings Associated with Trauma	p. 164
People Who Helped	p. 165
Factors That Helped During Childhood	p. 165
Who They Are Today	p. 166
Factors That Helped During Adulthood	p. 166
Helping Children Survive and Adults Transcend	p. 169
Selected Readings	p. 175
A Self-Study Guide	p. 183
References	p. 187
Index	p. 189
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