On Acceptance

Coming to terms with the abuse that's be done to you by a family member, and learning to work through it.

Just a warning: I will talk about parental sexual abuse. 

Almost exactly one year ago, I realized that I suffered from dissociation. 

It became a fully formed reality during a dinner with my friend Arabelle—who also suffers from dissociation—that I began to understand it was a state I was often in. I was good at being in my feelings, but also simultaneous…