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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.
Healing means rewiring my brain. It means finding spaces and relationships where I am safe and can grow. I will forever be angry and sad about what happened to me, but that doesn’t mean angry and sad are all I can feel. I can still have a happy life, and I deserve it.
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Congratulations Elizabeth on all your Dedication and Commitment to passing Trey’s Law!! Officially in Effect in Texas today!! 🙌🎉💯 You are Honoring Trey with Legacy and Love! ❤️🩹❤️🩹
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To all survivors here: we see you, we hear you, we believe you. Together we are making a difference ❤️
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I became the person I needed to help me when I was a kid. But I still feel powerless to affect change. My hope is that one day, these monster men will be held accountable for what they've taken from us.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Acceptance of personal space and keeping unlearning people away, as a means of not giving second or third chances cause change is internal and external and requires a managing.
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You are more than a conqueror and you are more than what happened to you. As heartbreaking and traumatic your experience was, it does not define who you are and created to be.
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It's not your fault. You didn't deserve it. I believe you. We all do.
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Honestly, I just need someone to believe me, to actually sit and hear my story. Not one person ever has. Pieces, sure, but never actually just had one person hear the whole thing. I guess because it makes people uncomfortable, or angry. Some people have heard pieces and do believe me, but no one has made it through the whole thing, and i need to talk about it, in detail, without upsetting or freaking out the other person.
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It is possible to leave! You know when something doesn’t feel right. Trust your gut
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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.
Healing means rewiring my brain. It means finding spaces and relationships where I am safe and can grow. I will forever be angry and sad about what happened to me, but that doesn’t mean angry and sad are all I can feel. I can still have a happy life, and I deserve it.
Report
I became the person I needed to help me when I was a kid. But I still feel powerless to affect change. My hope is that one day, these monster men will be held accountable for what they've taken from us.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
Report
Acceptance of personal space and keeping unlearning people away, as a means of not giving second or third chances cause change is internal and external and requires a managing.
Report
It's not your fault. You didn't deserve it. I believe you. We all do.
Report
It is possible to leave! You know when something doesn’t feel right. Trust your gut
Report
To all survivors here: we see you, we hear you, we believe you. Together we are making a difference ❤️
Report
You are more than a conqueror and you are more than what happened to you. As heartbreaking and traumatic your experience was, it does not define who you are and created to be.
Report
Congratulations Elizabeth on all your Dedication and Commitment to passing Trey’s Law!! Officially in Effect in Texas today!! 🙌🎉💯 You are Honoring Trey with Legacy and Love! ❤️🩹❤️🩹
Report
Honestly, I just need someone to believe me, to actually sit and hear my story. Not one person ever has. Pieces, sure, but never actually just had one person hear the whole thing. I guess because it makes people uncomfortable, or angry. Some people have heard pieces and do believe me, but no one has made it through the whole thing, and i need to talk about it, in detail, without upsetting or freaking out the other person.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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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.