The enemy works in silence. Disclose attacks to a holy person — a confessor, director, or trusted formed Catholic. "All grace is mediated." Hiding what you're under intensifies it; naming it disempowers it.

"All grace is mediated" (Burke, SWADOS 6). The Catholic sacramental imagination assumes that God's healing reaches us through other people — through confession, direction, the counsel of a holy friend. The enemy, by contrast, works in silence: he wants the attack to feel unique to you, unspeakable, shameful.

Breaking spiritual silence is the counter-move. Tell your confessor. Tell your director. If you have neither, tell a trusted formed Catholic friend. The simple act of naming what you're under, out loud, to a person who can pray for you and tell you it has happened before, breaks the spell.

Cross-references G3 (Finding a Spiritual Director) and G4 (Being a Good Directee).