Women of SOAR
One in every 3
women are sexually abused by age 18 (AACC).
Sexual abuse in childhood results in adulthood relational problems, depression, and anxiety. Childhood sexual abuse occurs across all ethnic, racial, socioeconomic and religious lines. A high percentage of women with addiction issues and women who have been incarcerated are survivors.. Childhood sexual abuse is a significant problem world-wide.
There is hope. Recovery is possible.
SOAR has guided women in all walks of life towards recovery.
We've found the following steps to be critical in every recovery process.
Understand the Effects
Recovery begins with understanding the effect abuse has on our life and relationships today; how the shame, guilt, and anger we hide inside seeps out into our everyday lives.
Find Your Voice
Abuse victims often feel they do not have a voice. They have been taught to keep quiet and keep secrets. It's possible to open up, share, and find your voice again.
Replace Lies With Truth
Abuse affects our core beliefs: "I'm bad", "It's my fault", "I'm dirty". These false beliefs result in shame and guilt. We can learn to replace these lies with the truth: we aren't bad or dirty and what happened was not our fault.
Feel & Process The Emotions
Even though trauma happened many years ago, we’ve never allowed ourselves to truly feel the hurt & pain. We have to know what you are letting go of before you can forgive & release the pain.
Learn to Live Healthy
Emotionally & Spiritually
When we learn to live healthy we like ourselves more, our relationships improve, our shame and guilt fade. This isn't just a pipe dream.
Resolving Anger
Resolving anger is one of the most important parts of the healing process. Most survivors do not allow themselves to feel their deep anger.
The truth is, we cannot let go of all of our hurt unless we have felt the weight of it. Healing takes place when we go through the pain and anger and are no longer minimizing it or dissociating it away.
