Childhood Abuse – Red Tent Living

Finding My Truth

By: redtentwomen January 19, 2024December 14, 2023

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsChildhood Abuse, estrangement, family of origin, Madeline Bialecki, self-esteem7 Comments

“We both have truths; are mine the same as yours?” Pontius Pilate asks Jesus in the movie Jesus Christ Superstar. That line has stayed with me since the movie’s 1973 debut. That was the first year I was living on my own, disowned by my family, divorced from my husband, disconnected from myself, and feeling…

The Mother

By: redtentwomen November 8, 2021November 7, 2021

Faith, Monthly Themes, relationshipsAnonymous, Childhood Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Healing, mothers and daughters, Sexual Abuse8 Comments

*This post is from a sexual abuse survivor; it may be triggering for some readers. This is my Red Tent truth, my Red Tent story. This is and was “The Mother” in my life. The person who birthed me, whose publicly portrayed image I adored, but whose private reality would horrorify any humane person. I…

Marvel

By: redtentwomen July 8, 2021June 30, 2021

Faith, Femininity, Monthly Themes, relationshipsChildhood Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Healing from trauma, ReStory, storywork, Words that Heal4 Comments

Oh, precious little one. Sweet pea. Can I sit on the floor with you so I can see your pretty little face and be with you? Honey girl, I want to tell you about how brave you have been. Your courage has saved my life and now gives me life.

Blame Shifting

By: redtentwomen December 16, 2020December 8, 2020

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, Warriorblame shifting, Childhood Abuse, Healing from trauma, Victims of Abuse17 Comments

The world’s intoleranceTo bear witnessTo the great sufferingWithin her sphereIncreasingly weighs upon meFor I have much to tellAnd no one who will hear

Silence, Not Always Golden

By: redtentwomen November 11, 2020November 1, 2020

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, WarriorAbuse, Attunement, Childhood Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Predatory Behavior, silence8 Comments

“If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.” – Spotlight “The vocal minority” is a common, troubling saying we have in America. I’d like to explore the other side of the coin: the silent majority. As a society, we’re unable to hold suffering or the reality of atrocities committed…

A Brilliant Escape

By: redtentwomen September 5, 2019September 4, 2019

Day to Day, Faith, WarriorChildhood Abuse, Childhood Trauma, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, PTSD, recovery from childhood abuse, Willow10 Comments

Today I saw a caterpillar smashed on the sidewalk. She met her demise before she met her destiny. Sometimes, I want to be that caterpillar. Pleading that my life might somehow end. This desire for eternal rest comes because emptiness has found her way back to me again. I try relentlessly to fill her but…