#sexual-trauma

#sexual-trauma

Therapists must be trauma-informed and sexuality-literate to assist in the recovery of sexual trauma survivors, particularly addressing complex responses like fight, flight, freeze, and fawn.

Sexual trauma can profoundly alter self-perception, leading to disordered eating as individuals attempt to regain control over their bodies.

"Sex is a potent source of spiritual experience. Sexually-sparked spiritual states appear to be an innate human capacity. Even without intentionally looking for them, sex researchers have uncovered spiritual experiences, and spiritual researchers have uncovered sex as a trigger." (Wade, 2022)