Healing from Abuse with Jimmi Toro

WARNING – this podcast discusses and describes Jimmi’s experience with ritualistic child abuse. Dawn is joined by author, music producer and artist Jimmi Toro to talk about his devastating story of child abuse. Jimmi talks about his own abuse and how it impacted him as an adult and how he has managed to heal. He also discusses systematic child abuse in the world, and how to deal with trauma as well his charity work and his book HEAL. KEY TAKEAWAYS  Trauma isn’t so much about what happened to you but the wound it leaves upon you. Child abusers are very good at hiding what they do, they are often master manipulators and hide in plain sight. Most children who are abused are abused by someone they know. Once a child is abused, if they can find safety after in someone who loves them then they can heal. Jimmi had no one to turn to as a child and what happened instead is it stored the abuse inside of him. Not being believed by adults they tell compounds the trauma for children who have been abused. Jimmi was a victim of ritualistic child abuse which included being buried in a coffin alive inside a dead adult body. An unimaginable experience. To heal from abuse, you have to go back and reconcile with each and every experience, and heal from every single time. When Jimmi started his process of healing, he studied and read countless books and research on trauma and healing. Jimmi had repressed memories of his experiences of abuse, they didn’t start coming back to him until he was in his 40’s and it took time for him to start the healing process through talk therapy. Part of the healing process for Jimmi was to name the emotions he felt when remembering the abuse and to then go back and make his younger self feel safe. Sadly it is common that those who have been abused or been through trauma never heal.   BEST MOMENTS  “I think we can all agree on the idea of pain and anxiety is a painful experience, an unwanted experience” “I have a hard time calling them human, they are so far removed from a human being” “When someone is traumatised, your body goes into a fight or flight mode” “Humans are good at their evil craft” “You have to go back to that little you who was abused at the time that you were being abused” “Many people who are traumatised don’t ever heal” VALUABLE RESOURCES Link to download your free report on The 7 Best Motivational Apps That Help You Stick to Your Goals https://findingfreedom.academy/motivateapps If you would like to experience hypnotherapy, please click the link below to book a taster session. The charge will be refunded against any therapy session or product download from Dawn’s website. https://calendly.com/dkmtherapy/hypnotherapy-taster-session   CONTACT METHODFinding Freedom Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/5046568725414144/) Email Dawn ([e-mail]) ABOUT THE GUEST Jimmi Toro is an American contemporary artist, composer, music producer, and author of his new book HEAL; his journey through the horrors of extreme childhood abuse to the painful yet magical healing process. He is also the founder of Rescue11, a non-profit whose mission is to protect our children from awful child abusers. Jimmi has also created art for various charity-related projects with the Rescue11, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Make a Wish Foundation, and Habitat for Humanity. www.jimmitoro.com/media To purchase Jimmi’s new book HEAL go to www.jimmitoro.com If you wish to be involved with his non-profit Rescue11 and its mission to protect children from the child abusers who live in our communities, go to www.rescue11.org ABOUT THE HOST Dawn Morgan Dawn is a hypnotherapist and resilience coach, trainer, mentor and business owner. Dawn has experienced trauma, terrorist attacks, divorce, being a single parent on benefits, redundancy (more than once) relationship breakdowns... and a whole lot more; and she has always bounced back. Dawn believes that life is for living and we can learn about ourselves from everything we experience, good or bad. We can take those experiences and use them to grow, or use them to shrink... our choice. Dawn chose growth and thinks you should too. We all have everything we need within us; hope, resilience, compassion, wisdom, confidence; Dawn’s mission is to help you uncover yours!