Breaking the Silence - Surviving and Thriving After My Sexual Assault (and Tips for How to Support Someone that Confides in You)

Disclaimer: This episode might be too heavy for some of my listeners. In this episode I talk about sexual assault. Please listen at your own discretion. Welcome back to the Perfectly Broken Podcast. On this episode I am sharing with you all about my first sexual assault. I have to warn you that it gets pretty graphic, but I also share the lessons learned and offer up some tangible tips on how to handle it if someone ever confides in you about their own sexual assault. This is a heavy episode so listen at your own discretion. What you’ll hear: The details about my experience losing my virginity to being drugged and sexually assaulted How I handled the incident and blamed myself The way it shook my faith and changed me How I eventually started to find purpose in my pain A reminder that it is NEVER your fault if you’ve been sexually assaulted My example of how I fawned (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn) The contrast of the two very different responses I received when I finally shared who it was a decade later Tangible tips on how to handle it if someone ever confides in you that they’ve been sexually assaulted ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Perfectly Broken: Path to Power Membership ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Let’s Connect ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@danistedman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠⁠theperfectlybrokenpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Your Magic Retreat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ National Sexual Assault Hotline Hours: Available 24 hours Learn more   1-800-656-4673