{"id":359,"date":"2025-07-21T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.courageousjourneys.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T15:01:30","slug":"impact-of-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.courageousjourneys.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/impact-of-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lasting Impact of Sexual Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Impact of Sexual Abuse Goes Deeper Than Most People Realize<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The effects of trauma aren\u2019t just about what happened, they\u2019re about what it made you believe about who you are. 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