This essay was originally delivered as the keynote speech at the 2024 Out of the Darkness Walk, an annual event designed to engage young adults in the fight to prevent suicide. It discusses suicidal feelings.
Given past experience, the work of most faculty, students, and staff should not be seriously hindered, and patient care will continue without interruption.
By Alisa Zipursky, author and founder of HealingHonestly.com |
April 23, 2023
Survivors of child sex abuse (CSA) are inundated with untrue stories of their abuse, the aftermath, and what their healing journey should look like. The truth is those stories are a bunch of hot garbage. Content preview: sexual trauma.
If you can focus on what residency actually is, and what you are there to do, you can connect with your values and ground yourself in what led you to consider a healing profession in the first place.