Thirty years of research | One finding | And survivors already knew | Speak 2 Heal

Welcome back to Speak 2 Heal through the Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast. This is Part Two of our conversation with survivor advocate, activist, and social justice clinician Ms. Regina Dyson. Last week we talked about why survivors stay silent when their abuser holds power. Today we go deeper. A landmark study spanning three decades just confirmed what sexual abuse survivors have been living their entire lives. The number one reason survivors do not disclose is not fear, it is not threats. It is shame. And in this episode we are going to call it by its name. We talk about what shame actually feels like in the body, not as a concept but as a lived physical experience. We talk about how shame is layered across race, culture, gender, and chronic illness. We talk about the moment the shame starts to shift, when you stop carrying what was never yours to carry and give it back to the one it belongs to. This episode includes one of the most powerful moments in Speak 2 Heal history - Larissa's courtroom testimony, the moment she looked her abuser in the eye and watched him hang his head, and felt the shame leave her body and land exactly where it belonged. This is also the episode where we address something almost no one talks about openly, what happens when a child's body responds physically during abuse, and why that response does not create shame or culpability. If you have carried that specific silence your whole life, this episode is for you. We close with a direct word to the survivor who is still deep in shame right now. The one who still believes somewhere inside that what happened was their fault. It was not. The shame was never yours. And today we are going to give it back. This podcast is by survivors for survivors of childhood sexual trauma and chronic illness warriors. We shift mindsets, change the narrative, and create a new norm. We reassign the shame and we journey to free. Anchored in Revelation 12:11 and Romans 12:2. CRISIS RESOURCESNational Sexual Assault Hotline - 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) and RAINN.orgCrisis Text Line - text HOME to 741741National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988Jamaica Child Development Agency Hotline - 1-888-PROTECT (776-8328) CONNECT WITH US: Website: journey2free.comJourney 2 Free Publishing: journey2freepublishing.com