From Struggle to Strength: Empowering Resiliency in Trauma Survivors

Resilience. What does that word mean? And how do I know I am resilient as a childhood trauma survivor? Does the mere fact that I survived being sexually abused by an uncle mean I am resilient?

Merriam-Webster defines the word as, “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” That meaning does not seem to fit a sexual abuse surviv…