Sexual Trauma and Your Relationship With Food

In our practice, we work with many women who have had the unfortunate life path that has included sexual trauma. What we have found is that 1 in 3 women we work with through The KEMMA Method, has been sexually abused or assaulted in some way. The results are that way too often, the residual effects of that trauma has led these women to form limiting beliefs around themselves, their bodies and their physical appearance.

In most cases women who struggle with chronic weight issues who have been victims of sexual trauma, have subconsciously made the decision to “protect themselves” from such trauma by literally creating a shield around themselves. A shield or armour of fat. Many instances, this is also related to the desire to want to be invisible and not to draw attention to themselves or their bodies. The number of Eating Disorders related to sexual trauma are staggering. We must address this.

As we walk through the healing journey with our clients, it’s vital for us & them to understand where the trauma came from, how the limiting belief was created and what they can choose to do with that knowledge now. But - diving a little deeper, means asking yourself questions about you, your sexuality, your body and allowing yourself to shed the shame, trauma, pain and re-explore the world of infinite beauty, pleasure and creativity that is our Sexual Nature.

Here’s what we’re taught about sexuality and its role in our existence.

Source: https://www.lanarkshiresexualhealth.org/

Your sexuality, or sexual orientation, is basically a way to describe the feelings you have for someone you fancy or are attracted to. The most common definitions are as follows:

Heterosexual/Straight: a person physically and emotionally attracted to someone of the opposite sex, so a male attracted to a female and a female attracted to a male.

Gay: a male physically and emotionally attracted to another male or a female physically and emotionally attracted to another female (more commonly used in males).

Lesbian: a female physically and emotionally attracted to another female.

Homosexual (gay/lesbian): People who are homosexual are attracted to the same sex. Homosexual men are often called gay and homosexual women are often called lesbians but can also be called gay.

Bisexual/Bi: People who are bisexual are attracted to both males and females.

Pansexual: People who are attracted to other people regardless of their sex or gender identity.

Asexual/Ace: People who are asexual or ace don’t feel sexually attracted to anyone and feel no desire to have sex.

But is that all really?

Here is what Amy Jo Goddard has to say about sexuality:

“Sexuality is our relationship to our body, to pleasure, to our sensuality and to sex—all manifestations of living in a physical human body and experiencing our humanness to the greatest extent and the most intimate core. Sexuality is our relationship to our body, to pleasure, to our sensuality and to sex—all manifestations of living in a physical human body and experiencing our humanness to the greatest extent and the most intimate core.” She goes on to say that “You were born from the most intense creative combustion imaginable: two small cells colliding and blending to make an entire new human being. Magical to say the least. Yet we take it for granted that we came from a creative force that powerful, that committed to new life, and we stop seeing it.”

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