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The Dissociate: A memoir of secrets and survival of childhood sexual abuse
Debbie Ehrstien is a happy 10-year-old girl growing up in Alberta, Canada in the mid-70s. She loves sardines on toast, mornings and going to school. She has a bright smile and dances in sunshine and rain. One day, an act so traumatizing and so heinous turns her life into a storm of guilt, rage and shame. In that instant, Debbie transforms from a thriving child, to an empty shell.
Fast forward to almost forty years Debbie is personally and professionally successful. She’s a former model, a standout in a Fortune 500 Company and a loving mother to her son. But in 2012, memories of being sexually abused as a child start surfacing. She is overwhelmed by a myriad of physical, mental and emotional problems and feels like she’d be better off dead.
The A memoir of secrets and survival of childhood sexual abuse is not only about Debbie, it’s a guide for other survivors and their supporters. You are not alone.
Fast forward to almost forty years Debbie is personally and professionally successful. She’s a former model, a standout in a Fortune 500 Company and a loving mother to her son. But in 2012, memories of being sexually abused as a child start surfacing. She is overwhelmed by a myriad of physical, mental and emotional problems and feels like she’d be better off dead.
The A memoir of secrets and survival of childhood sexual abuse is not only about Debbie, it’s a guide for other survivors and their supporters. You are not alone.
164 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 12, 2017
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