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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.
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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You are stronger than you think you are. You are more resilient and tenacious than you could ever imagine. You are your own hero and will be the queen of your own destiny. Never give up... and remember self love and self care are the foundation of self preservation.
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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 think healing is about feeling that it's okay to be alive, that life has meaning. I hope my children will feel happy to be alive.
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Healing means to me, being able to live. I have bad anxiety that was triggered after my assault and I often struggle to do things. Healing is focusing on yourself and your inner peace to me. Being able to enjoy things in your own and in others company
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Someone wants to listen to your story. Someone wants to help. Don't deal with this alone. I believe you, I see you. You can survive this.
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Please don't be afraid to let someone know what you're going through or what you've been through. This isn't something that should be kept a secret, it really isn't.
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I know not feeling believed can be rough. Sometimes I don’t even believe myself but I’ll believe you because I know that if I had just one person who believed me, that would make me feel seen and would help me heal.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Hope is just around the corner. My dad always tells me, “Don’t stop trying, you might be just about to reach your goal.” Life is a roller coaster right? Always remember that when there is bad, there will be good again.
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healing means being free...leaving him could make me free...everyday I close my eyes and think that if I could just vanish from the face of the earth.
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To know that I can overcome this, it will not ruin my life anymore. I can fix me so I can save my relationships with my husband and my children. Continuing therapy and taking my life back is where I want to be.
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Inner peace. Healing. But most of all: Justice. He does NOT deserve to get away with this.
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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.
To all survivors here: we see you, we hear you, we believe you. Together we are making a difference ❤️
Report
Healing means to me, being able to live. I have bad anxiety that was triggered after my assault and I often struggle to do things. Healing is focusing on yourself and your inner peace to me. Being able to enjoy things in your own and in others company
Report
I know not feeling believed can be rough. Sometimes I don’t even believe myself but I’ll believe you because I know that if I had just one person who believed me, that would make me feel seen and would help me heal.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
Report
Inner peace. Healing. But most of all: Justice. He does NOT deserve to get away with this.
Report
You are stronger than you think you are. You are more resilient and tenacious than you could ever imagine. You are your own hero and will be the queen of your own destiny. Never give up... and remember self love and self care are the foundation of self preservation.
Report
Please don't be afraid to let someone know what you're going through or what you've been through. This isn't something that should be kept a secret, it really isn't.
Report
To know that I can overcome this, it will not ruin my life anymore. I can fix me so I can save my relationships with my husband and my children. Continuing therapy and taking my life back is where I want to be.
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
I think healing is about feeling that it's okay to be alive, that life has meaning. I hope my children will feel happy to be alive.
Report
Someone wants to listen to your story. Someone wants to help. Don't deal with this alone. I believe you, I see you. You can survive this.
Report
Hope is just around the corner. My dad always tells me, “Don’t stop trying, you might be just about to reach your goal.” Life is a roller coaster right? Always remember that when there is bad, there will be good again.
Report
healing means being free...leaving him could make me free...everyday I close my eyes and think that if I could just vanish from the face of the earth.
Report
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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.