For me, returning to therapy after twenty years, only to discover that the pain I'd left behind years ago was only hiding under the surface and waiting to reappear in memories, daydreams, and nightmares. As a sexual abuse survivor, I thought I was bad, defective, crazy, and alone. I felt unwanted, rejected, hated, and despised for a lengthy portion of childhood. The trauma was ingrained in my mind, soul, and body. How would I recover from the...