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Telling My Story: Sexual Abuse on the Mission Field
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Today’s post has been submitted anonymously as a follow up to a piece published here, at A Life Overseas, in 2013. Today we hear from the daughter of ‘Jessica’ that wrote that article in 2013. &nbs...

Former child New Tribes Mission members speak out on alleged sex abuse
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

A group of women, whose parents joined the massive Evangelical group known as New Tribes Mission when they were children, open up to NBC’s Kate Snow about the alleged sex abuse they suffered at the...

On the Threshold of Hope
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

On the Threshold of Hope offers hope and healing to men and women who have been traumatized by sexual abuse. Dr. Langberg's insights and the quotations from many survivors assure readers that they ...

Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Courage, Hope and Freedom for Survivors
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

‘Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Courage, Hope and Freedom for Survivors’ is a comprehensive resource for those who have experienced religious abuse, be it psychological, verbal, sexual or financia...

The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Sexual abuse knows no religious or social boundaries. The Wounded Heart is an intensely personal and specific look at this form of abuse. Dr. Allender explores the secret lament of the soul damaged...

Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

This book provides a well-researched biblical and scientific overview of abuse. A broad overview, it deals with the various types of abuse, the various effects of abuse, and the means of healing. A...

Want to see what a porn-addicted missionary looks like?
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Look pretty normal don’t I? Ok, I admit I was a bit scrawny but I come from a long line of skinny people and it was 95 degrees with 90% humidity in the Solomon Islands, so it tends to curb th…...

Raised on a Diet of Internet Porn: The Neurological Consequences of Long-term Addiction
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

This presentation was given at the 2016 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit in Houston, TX, hosted by The National Center on Sexual Exploitation. 

By: Noah Church

How Porn Use Becomes an Addiction (Simplified!)
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Internet porn—used regularly and often—chemically and structurally changes the brain. These brain changes are consistent with the brain changes that occur in other types of addiction, like addictio...

Addiction is a response to emotional pain - BBC Ideas
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Addiction specialist and author Gabor Mate says dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction in this BBC Ideas video.

By Gabor Mate     Length: 3:29

Mom's Boundaries Saved My Life
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Vechi Mutum, National Outreach Coordinator for Tree House Recovery, describes how addiction took his life down to a very dark place, leaving him homeless and broken. He thought he could still call ...

Video Game Addiction - The Case for Mobile Gaming
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Mobile gaming addiction is a serious issue. The craving and reward feelings that occur from gaming are no different than drug and gambling addiction.

By: Daniel