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This is a space where survivors of trauma and abuse share their stories alongside supportive allies. These stories remind us that hope exists even in dark times. You are never alone in your experience. Healing is possible for everyone.
Heilung bedeutet für mich, aktiv zu werden, laut zu sein und sich aktiv für alle Opfer einzusetzen
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I would like to mention that even though sometimes it seems like everything looks terrible, sooner or later we can always heal and be at peace with ourselves.
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I think healing it's being in peace with your mind and your story. Even considering my story, I really feel almost healed from my personal story.
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Experiencing things like this doesn't make us weak or guilty. We're not guilty of what we didn't decide. Never let anyone down. We're stronger than we think, we just have to keep going and live.
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You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward. It's okay to not be okay - things will get better.
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As someone who is in the process of court hearings due to rape and sexual assault. It would be nice to find support and speak to others who are in similar situations.
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I spent years suffering in silence so now I'm choosing to heal out loud
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Healing means accepting what has happened but learning that it is not your fault and it was never your fault.
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Healing is a life-long process of working to identify where my own personal boundaries are, with myself, with my friends and with the greater community. It's a beautiful, messy, unfolding of truth.
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My message to others is that even if you are not believed by those closest to you, or worse, even if you are believed but they just do not care about you - do not let that deter you from sharing your lived experience. Another person in the world will be strengthened by your story.
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I would tell other survivors that they are loved and to receive that and to love themselves. I would also tell them that their story isn't over it is only beginning, they are now in charge and get to choose how it will continue. It is not their fault.
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Healing means everything to me- And honestly you are healing every single day!! every single day!! little by little.
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Healing brings hope growth. Growth means purpose and strength.
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This is a space where survivors of trauma and abuse share their stories alongside supportive allies. These stories remind us that hope exists even in dark times. You are never alone in your experience. Healing is possible for everyone.
Experiencing things like this doesn't make us weak or guilty. We're not guilty of what we didn't decide. Never let anyone down. We're stronger than we think, we just have to keep going and live.
Report
As someone who is in the process of court hearings due to rape and sexual assault. It would be nice to find support and speak to others who are in similar situations.
Report
My message to others is that even if you are not believed by those closest to you, or worse, even if you are believed but they just do not care about you - do not let that deter you from sharing your lived experience. Another person in the world will be strengthened by your story.
Report
Healing means everything to me- And honestly you are healing every single day!! every single day!! little by little.
Report
Healing brings hope growth. Growth means purpose and strength.
Report
I think healing it's being in peace with your mind and your story. Even considering my story, I really feel almost healed from my personal story.
Report
Healing is a life-long process of working to identify where my own personal boundaries are, with myself, with my friends and with the greater community. It's a beautiful, messy, unfolding of truth.
Report
I would tell other survivors that they are loved and to receive that and to love themselves. I would also tell them that their story isn't over it is only beginning, they are now in charge and get to choose how it will continue. It is not their fault.
Report
Heilung bedeutet für mich, aktiv zu werden, laut zu sein und sich aktiv für alle Opfer einzusetzen
Report
I would like to mention that even though sometimes it seems like everything looks terrible, sooner or later we can always heal and be at peace with ourselves.
Report
You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward. It's okay to not be okay - things will get better.
Report
I spent years suffering in silence so now I'm choosing to heal out loud
Report
Healing means accepting what has happened but learning that it is not your fault and it was never your fault.
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Grounding activity
Find a comfortable place to sit. Gently close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths - in through your nose (count to 3), out through your mouth (count of 3). Now open your eyes and look around you. Name the following out loud:
5 – things you can see (you can look within the room and out of the window)
4 – things you can feel (what is in front of you that you can touch?)
3 – things you can hear
2 – things you can smell
1 – thing you like about yourself.
Take a deep breath to end.
From where you are sitting, look around for things that have a texture or are nice or interesting to look at.
Hold an object in your hand and bring your full focus to it. Look at where shadows fall on parts of it or maybe where there are shapes that form within the object. Feel how heavy or light it is in your hand and what the surface texture feels like under your fingers (This can also be done with a pet if you have one).
Take a deep breath to end.
Ask yourself the following questions and answer them out loud:
1. Where am I?
2. What day of the week is today?
3. What is today’s date?
4. What is the current month?
5. What is the current year?
6. How old am I?
7. What season is it?
Take a deep breath to end.
Put your right hand palm down on your left shoulder. Put your left hand palm down on your right shoulder. Choose a sentence that will strengthen you. For example: “I am powerful.” Say the sentence out loud first and pat your right hand on your left shoulder, then your left hand on your right shoulder.
Alternate the patting. Do ten pats altogether, five on each side, each time repeating your sentences aloud.
Take a deep breath to end.
Cross your arms in front of you and draw them towards your chest. With your right hand, hold your left upper arm. With your left hand, hold your right upper arm. Squeeze gently, and pull your arms inwards. Hold the squeeze for a little while, finding the right amount of squeeze for you in this moment. Hold the tension and release. Then squeeze for a little while again and release. Stay like that for a moment.
Take a deep breath to end.