CPTSD | Lived Experience

Sandy Storm was a human trafficking victim for over 20 years and it began during her childhood. Initially, she did not realize she was a survivor or how traumatic the experience was until she started volunteering in the justice movement and addressing her Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, also know as CPTSD. Sandy has since written three books about her painful childhood, how she was trafficked, as well as her healing journey. She has also become an abolitionist and works with the organization, DeliverFund, to help set other trafficking victims free - both physically and emotionally. Sandy has since written three books about her painful childhood, how she was trafficked, as well as her healing journey. She has also become an abolitionist and works with the organization, DeliverFund, to help set other trafficking victims free - both physically and emotionally.
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00:00 Intro
00:56 This week's guest & trauma survivor
02:21 Sandy's childhood trauma & becoming a target
07:19 What is human trafficking, actually?
10:27 How to spot red flags of traffickers
13:43 How Sandy found therapy after being freed
26:52 Joining DeliverFund & helping other victims
38:27 Complex trauma of human trafficking aka cPTSD
43:47 How to spot & help victims
52:39 Creating a community safe from traffickers
57:49 Encouraging words for victims & their loved ones
01:01:48 Jackie's recap
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #livedexperience #trauma #ptsd #cptsd #humantrafficking #humantraffickingawareness #psychology #podcast

[@joycewahl1677]

If we stand together against trafficking tell our stories and talk about these things then just maybe the new generation of humanity won't have to be exposed to what we have had to endure

[@joycewahl1677]

It's so hard here in upshur county wv to make a difference in sex trafficking or should I say slavery when the police and judges are such a huge part of it. It's really sad because they have infected underage with STDs now and that shouldn't be happening

[@ceterisparibus8966]

That's horrible. Wtf?

[@joycewahl1677]

@@ceterisparibus8966 right it is since I've turned in the judges 911 directors and various other men involved I've been on incarcerated on a fake crime, by the same judge I turned in, beat and pepper sprayed while n jail while locked down in a cage and been constantly sexually harassed. It's no wonder wv has a higher attempted rape rate than NYC. The police do not prosecute sexual crimes here in fact people that molest their own kids get their kids back

[@joycewahl1677]

@@mycophil2onigstor7869 I don't do social media trick no good

[@angel_vii]

I wonder if they will be discussing sex trafficking survivors only? Or other forms of trafficking survivors? I'm a drug trafficking survivor and there isn't exactly a local group therapy for that.

[@prismonthethehorizon5793]

Awwwwwww babe, from 6. You're voice is sooo incredibly important! Really looking forward to hear this episode, you're work is going to be so powerful in helping lots of other survivors!💪💗🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@StayCD]

Sandy… Thank you 🙏 for your vulnerability in sharing your story. Thank you 🙏 for paying it forward.

[@01bellanotte]

I don’t have any personal experience with human trafficking… other than feeling that some of the people I’ve met online since covid began might have been involved… whether willingly, or unwillingly, I’m still unsure. I’ve tried to befriend them. I even brought my concern to one of them about one of our mutual friends… he kind of agreed with me.. that it could have been the case.. but yet at the same time, he seemed to kind of take it as a joke… still to this day, I wonder about these people. To the point that I do not fully trust anyone I meet online… anyway, my point in saying this is I have had a heart for this issue for many years. It breaks my heart that people exist out there who are manipulating the hurt, the broken, the vulnerable people. The way you describe how these traffickers act with their potential victims.. sounds like the man I met online during covid 🥺 he even convinced me to leave my husband.. which in the long run worked out for our good, because it brought my husband to a place where he decided he wanted to show me he truly loved me and wanted me around. He’s changed so much… and we finally wound up getting back together after 50 weeks of living separately. It breaks my heart though, and I just wish there was something I could do, to help in this area. But I’ve never known what to do.. what I CAN do.. or where to even begin helping.. so after all that.. my real reason for writing is to ask.. what can the normal person out here in the world do to assist in this?

[@chiyerano]

Thank you for this podcast on such an important subject.

[@frauleinfrosch2024]

I’m excited. Such great topics!❤

[@lilianajimenez-digeso9719]

WOW! Such a powerful testimony. Thank you for sharing, and numerous of children that will be set free. Lord, Thank you for her and GOD BLESS YOU. This is her Ministery.

[@animalkingdomcare2777]

Now a days human trafficking is huge problem over the world .

[@gypsyhorsesense]

There is no closure when there is no justice. Justice, real justice, is not something we should ever have to just "let go" of and move on from. Especially when the courts are very obviously skewed toward the perpetrators. And hold victims responsible for being victims. It was unfortunate that the live chat was filled with so much useless information and platitudes.

[@IAMLovedJewelsforJesus]

WOW: YOU ARE TELLING MY STORY

[@kurupan30]

This was an insightful podcast...Thank you! Does deliverfund do work in India?

[@henryt8498]

Any recommended books about csec sexual exploitation? Thank you

[@La_melodia_de_la_calle]

Closure can be very subjective and mythological. Healing is never a linear process. Be very mindful not to inhibit the process of grieving or exploring other healthy avenues and ways to process pain. We may become softened over time, able to forget and move on but closure as it relates to this topic does not exist. If you are consistently focused on the past, you are not living in the present. This is visibly fracturing to the self and perhaps affects others trying to engage with you. Wanting closure is normal-it’s about wanting emotional pain, loss, and grief to end. Unfortunately, the human mind and heart don’t fit neatly into boxes, where we can close them, pack them away, and not feel them anymore. Tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty is how we most effectively manage our negative emotions such as anxiety. Attempting to excise them, banish them, or control them, rarely succeeds and often simply worsens our suffering.

[@IAMLovedJewelsforJesus]

two children from my community have disappeared. One was found dead on the other side of the state.

[@IAMLovedJewelsforJesus]

I have that Stockholm syndrome my handler could use a computer to knock me unconscious. I love him and keep hoping he will get saved.

[@Stretesky]

What about the people the government traffics? Calling them about it is only met with denial.

[@ceterisparibus8966]

Which government?

[@blydnhvghn]

There is an organization called Survivor Speak that does work with survivors of Human Trafficking and sex work and you may want to interview them!❤

[@IAMLovedJewelsforJesus]

My targeting is linked to wal-mart

[@IAMLovedJewelsforJesus]

My handler was just in my house fusing my computer to his technology. Palm pilot

[@IAMLovedJewelsforJesus]

they use technology brain to computer interface

[@arbaparsa]

Common Tate W

[@ceterisparibus8966]

Common Tate L