You said that you're used to fellow RAMCOA survivors specifying what they survived because it's not all the same. If it's not impolite, I was curious why you don't specify?

Yes a lot of especially older survivors will specify what they survived because "RAMCOA" is a relatively recent term. Before that it was RAT (ritual abuse & torture), before that just RA, and before that everybody who would fit under RAMCOA got lumped as SRA (most psychology books from that era will outright say the groups are not necessarily the "S" part). The survivors who have since adjusted to the term RAMCOA will still often specify because it is still a pretty vague category.

I don't usually say because I don't really feel the need to signal to other survivors. This blog largely functions as a disability journal rather than an attempt to connect with any survivor community. It's also just not something I focus on a lot...I try not to fixate on trauma or trauma memories. It doesn't bother me much to talk about it but I just have bigger issues you know?

Anyway: 3rd gen cult survivor and sex trafficking survivor, and if it suits you I have some military stuff thrown in for good measure. The cult I survived is a fairly well known/documented one with a body count. The trafficking was international, international trafficking is somewhat common where I'm from. The military stuff is also pretty standard faire for the area...I honestly don't personally count it but I've been told I should and that it was serious.

TBMC was part of it so I also survived torture, since that's how TBMC works. I have enough NDEs that I like to joke that death hates me because he never answers the door when I visit.