I Am Not A Victim, I Am A Survivor

Sexual violence explores how sexual trauma impacts mental health, individuals and how to heal after this ultimate betrayal.  If you're searching for a resource to understand more about sexual violence, I Am Not A Victim, I Am A Survivor can help. This book guides you towards understanding how sexual violence devastates lives and mental health and how healing is possible.

This engaging, fascinating book helps you to learn the wide-ranging impacts of sexual violence, how it destroys mental health and how healing is possible.

This easy-to-understand book includes:

Basics of sexual violence ¿Find a comprehensive overview of sexual violence so you understand how it impacts a person.Discover Connor Whiteley's personal experience- Connor guides you on a deeply personal journey investigating the first five months of hardship after his rape.Strategies for surviving- Get techniques and strategies to help you manage your emotions, your mental health and your life after the awful aftermath of sexual trauma. If you want to improve your understanding of sexual violence and its impact on individuals then look no further. This is the book for you.

I Am Not A Victim, I Am A Survivor Content Includes

Introduction

What Are Some Self-Soothing Strategies?

Part One: My Personal Experience of Rape

The Effects of Sexual Assault

Group Identities and Problematic Names of Rape and Sexual Assault Services

Why Isn't an Erection Consent?

Triggers Can Come from Anywhere

What Is Intent to Survive?

How Can Sexual Violence Impact Your Sexuality and Attraction and a Possible Way Forward

Accepting The Weirdness of Triggers

Remember And Focus on The Good Times

You Have the Right to Make a Choice

Guilt As a Sexual Violence Survivor

Trying To Live Your Life as Much as Possible After Sexual Violence

If You Can't Make Decisions, That's A Normal Trauma Response

Thoughts On Virginity Loss After Sexual Violence

Dealing With Existing Friendships After Sexual Violence

Making New Friends After Sexual Violence

Why Didn't I Report My Sexual Assault?

You Have the Right to Be Vulnerable and Confused

How Does Sexual Violence Impact Employability and Personal Finances?

If You Don't Deal with Trauma, It Will Deal with You

How To Change Negative Self-Talk to Positive Self-Talk After Sexual Violence?

What Is Disempowerment in Mental Health?

What Does Disempowerment Look Like After Sexual Trauma?

Accepting Your Mental Health and Trauma Response for What They Are

Appreciating The True Power of Social Networks

Enjoy The Good Times

My Experience of Revealing My Rape to The Workplace

The Great Collapse of My Mental Health and Always Read Trigger Warnings

What Is It Like to Experience a Major Depressive Episode?

What Is Rape Grief?

Part Two: Facts, Figures and More on Sexual Violence

What Are the Facts and Figures for Sexual Violence on University and College Campuses?

What Happens During a Counselling Assessment?

How To Be a Trauma-Informed Partner?

What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

Conclusion: You Will Have Your Healing Moment

And more...