From Henry:
My Human Gramama invented Bear Spray
In case you are hiking in the mountains, and you don’t have a dog like me with you, my human Gramama invented Bear Spray.1 Here’s a pic of my gramama, Carrie Hunt, with some bottles of bear spray:
My special tie to my grammama is shown here with her holding me—or one of my brother’s or sisters—shortly after we were born:
There’s lots more about my heritage and what Grandmamama Carrie has done to help humans not be so afraid of bears, here. Her goal is to reduce “Human Wildlife Conflict.”
We can share this planet. Our world can be safer for humans and bears.
Speaking of Bears….
From April:
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’s presentation at the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) seminar
My goal for the sections of Paperdolls.today, is maintain ties to healing from trauma, specifically healing from sexual assault. Besides my adage that “I’m so much more than just a sexual abuse survivor,” this post seemed to be a stretch. Then, I remembered, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’s presentation at the ACE seminar:
Dr. Burke Harris was trying to get the audience to understand the hyper-vigilance that happens to children’s bodies when they child experiences trauma. Dr. Harris’s presentation included an photo of a huge grizzly bear.
She explained what happens to a child’s body when it experiences trauma, or even perceives the threat of imminent danger. Dr. Burke Harris compared the persistent stressors as the equivalent of living with a bear.
Sadly, children in abusive homes will experience this phenomenon and danger more often than any of us will encounter a Bear.2
Hopefully, with our shared voices, we can continue to bring awareness to the damage and long term ramifications of childhood sexual abuse. Until then, get some bear spray, or a Bear Dog, and keep sharing the information about the hideous effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Every 74 seconds someone is sexually assaulted.
I pray one day, there will be a cute, ditty entitled, Lions, Tigers, Bears, and pedophiles…..oh MY! And we can all chuckle about how unlikely it would be to be attacked…
Keep talking. Use your voice. Remember, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. We can cure this. If human wildlife conflict can be reduced, we can eliminate adult to children abuse.
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Here’s a recent article about her: https://www.umt.edu/news/2025/10/100125spra.php
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