Rooting Out Shame: A Son's Account of Child Sexual Abuse and Recovery

A dutiful son does whatever he can to earn his parent's approval and falls under their control and is subjected to child sexual abuse lasting nearly a decade. Repressing his memories for over 30 years, he faces his struggles as they emerge. Dealing with family, work, and a broken legal system, he overcomes and adapts to heal and recover.

This book is non-fiction and very graphic. Readers should be aware of many triggering aspects of the content.

Frank Root III has retired after 37 in the fire service, including 16 years as fire chief. Though he is not an expert in psychological traumas, he has vast experience in dealing with all kinds of emergency crises. He called on his expertise to deal with the greatest challenge in his life. The horrors of sexual abuse perpetrated by his parents.

He hopes that by sharing his struggles, others may gain insight and strength to tackle the traumas of their own lives.

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A dutiful son does what he can to make his parents proud, but becomes ensnared in a harrowing pattern of child sexual abuse lasting nearly a decade. Struggling with confusion, anxiety, overeating, and an unhealthy view of sex, he ends up repressing the painful memories for over thirty years. Then they surface, and with them-as recorded in this gripping and sometimes graphic true account-irrepressible shame that erodes his self-esteem and his ability to connect meaningfully with others. To heal from shame's crippling effects, he uproots it, cluster by cluster, in a journey of perpetual growth.

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