Nudism as a healing tool and therapy.....WHAT!?

[bernardc]

I recently posted another thread on another site and posed this same question.The response was pretty good.Now this is the question i want to pose.
Can the nudist life style/nudity be used as a rehab tool in sexually abused kids/victims.
To start with,what are the biggest problems we face when facing a person that was sexually abused?SHAME!

Another emotion is the extreme sense of Guilt for dissapointing others like our family...Why they feel that way,no one can say for sure.But with the victim of abuse,you get this extreme guilt that manifests in adult life.

Yet another emotion that is felt and expressed is definately fear.Different types of fear...what if the abuser,one supposedly close to me is arrested...what will become of us....where do we go...how do I face my future....?

And fourthly,there is this sense of rejection,and I feel that everybody is against me....These are liggitimate fears and emotions.
Can one say that nudity can be used as a healing tool?
What is the immediate healing that the victim needs ?Could it be acceptance...perhaps comfort...which in itself poses another problem...the anxiety of trusting others ever again.This is substantiated!The victim trusted their abuser and was hurt deeply ,mentally,bodily and spiritualy!
Should we say that acceptance is what the immediate need is,then how do we see acceptance....?From Who....To whom?
If one looks at the abused victim...there is an immediate flaw that needs rectifying...THE LOVE OF THE SELF!
Is the propper route to healing realy then reliving the past abuse through repeated therapy sessions?And what bennifit does it bring?Does it liberate or does in imprisson you in trauma relived the entire time.../each time you have to repeat it?
Does the healing that is needed realy accomplished by re - living the past,or does it just re-affirm the helplesssness of the person?So we can presuppose that the immediate need of the victim is the question of...Self acceptance.
Self acceptance can only become effectual if you live in the present,and see what the present offers to you.I would say that is the first step.The rejection that the victim feels,must be adressed immediately.Once you accept yourself,you can move on again.Acceptance is the first step towards the future.Going back to the past,is not of any bennefit.The question then arises....where do you start with this acceptance approach with the victim...once they are grown up,or if the victim is a child,immediately.
You see,one must reverse the rejection by a positive acceptance of yourself.
The disgust the victim experiences,is not so much against the purportrater as is the sense of fear.The disgust the victim feels,strangely enough,is the disgust with their own body!So many factors..."Why my body...why me....what was wrong with me....he/she said they loved me,but will kill so and so if I tell them what he/she has done...the police will lock you up....you used your body to seduce me is what I will say..". This is where the immediate problem arrises....
The victims believe that they used their bodies as a disgusting weapon of seduction,and yet the abuser keeps on comming back to their body... genitals...my breasts...Now the million dollar question...Is this then where we can introduce clean nudism as a tool to start reversing the past to a future?
If one can restore the faith in your body again as beautifull and clean and pure,and confront byour body as it is...and say that you love it,and tell ones self it was not their fault,Could that be a starting point.At a later stage,I'll take the other three questions one by one and throw it open to discussion.So the question at hand is this...As a tool,can nudism play a part in the mental restoration of the sexually abused adult and Child?How do we bridge that suspiscion of the victim they have towards nudity and the nude form...Please feel free to also adress the other three dilemmas if you want to,but lets hear your opinnion on this weeks question...

[RyanAB]

I absolutely agree. Nudism helped me get through some tough times growing up and increased my self esteem. Keeps me positive today as well.

[nudeM]

I discovered nudism as a way of relief from personal tragedies. After losing family members and some very close friends, I turned to nudism as an escape from everyday life. It was also a way for me to realize that life is too short, so live as you want to live. And I do feel more relaxed when nude; free from the constraints of clothing and free to openly enjoy the outdoors (mostly at home).

At first, my wife thought I "lost it" when I plunged into nudism. Although the way I did it was to the extreme (dropping my shorts in the living room). At first she resisted my nudity, but over time, she has since joined me at home, at the beach and meeting various friends. She (hw), pops in here every so often to share her views on various subjects.

Back on subject however, I believe most people are more as ease with themselves when nude, especially when around others. Although I have not had the opportunity to visit a resort to mingle with other nudists socially, I can merely imagine what the feeling is like, knowing how my feelings are nude. I did manage to visit other nudists once, but that was at a private house and the visit was short (cold weather), but a lasting experience I wish could happen more often.

[bernardc]

Actually,being nude around other nudist,are like being around clothed people when you are clothed.Nudists dont have issues with each other,and that is what makes it so phenominal!In clothes environments,you are scrutinized on labels and fashion.But when one is nude with other nudes,there is total acceptance.No issues,no scrutinizing.No secrets....
Nudism for me was a huge healing experience having been abused myself.Nudism made me drop my self hatred and rejection,and accept me for who I am.I thuink nudity as a healing issue is very important.

[naturush]

Very well thought out Berdarc. I have to say-yes yes yes! Nudism has helped me with physical and emotional issues over the years!

[Pizzaguy]

Originally Posted by nudeM

Back on subject however, I believe most people are more as ease with themselves when nude, especially when around others.

I wrote at length about my first social nude event earlier this year. (THat means it happened earlier this year and I wrote about it then, too!) I wrote extensively about being more at ease when nude.

I have always been shy or "introverted" around those I don't know. It has crippled my social life for 48 years. And yet, at my very FIRST event (where there were 6 other people who I did not know), I did fine. I was more at ease within the first 5 minutes than at any other social gathering in my life.

I am still at a loss to fully explain why this is. It seems that, as the clothes come off, something else does, too. And it works both ways, nude people don't intimidate me.

Like I say, I can't explain it, not yet anyway. But I totally agree and know in my head and heart that you are right here.