Running to Stand Still: The Story of a Victim, A Survivor, A Wounded Healer—A Narrative of Male Sexual Abuse from the Inside

Abstract

This article provides a sociological introspection pertaining to male sexual abuse from a wounded healer's (Etherington, 2000) perspective. Inspired from postmodern narrative and ethnographic works (Ellis & Bochner, 1992; Richardson, 1997), the author layers this account (Rambo-Ronai, 1995) with therapeutic writing (Etherington, 2000) and poetry and prose (Richardson, 1997). This style provides the narrator with the flexibility to move between various temporal and spatial settings and report various internal and external monologues. Also addressed are common misconceptions often associated with male survivors of sexual abuse. The final section highlights the evolution of the author from a victim to a survivor and then to a wounded healer.