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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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Move your bodies in ways that feel good to you as much as you can. It helps us release
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I thought he was my freind until I told him about my sa and he made”jokes about it” eventually put his hands on me and drug me out my dorm room
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You are going to be okay, recovery and healing is a long painful road. But you are still here and you are still fighting, talk to someone. You are not alone and you are loved.
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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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Instead of relying on others, focus on your own abilities, hopes, and dreams. Every day, strive to become a better version of yourself and work towards achieving your goals. With dedication and effort, you can become the person you aspire to be.
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Healing was the best I could have done. It meant everything to me, it made me a better version of myself, It made me realize that I can live without this toxic person. It thought me to love myself and appreciate me.
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I don’t know how to share about hope when I feel so hopeful but I have been making art and am hoping to create something beautiful that can share a human experience that I find hard to express with words. I hope to feel seen in this way.
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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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Healing means peace. Healing means acceptance. Healing means you don't have to prove yourself in order to be loved.
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Healing is learning to be compassionate toward yourself, believing in yourself, and forgiving yourself.
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To heal, is to become a survivor. I believe all survivors should come together, let’s fight this battle together !
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I believe you. What’s happening to you is not your fault and you don’t have to live like 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.
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
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
Healing was the best I could have done. It meant everything to me, it made me a better version of myself, It made me realize that I can live without this toxic person. It thought me to love myself and appreciate me.
Report
I don’t know how to share about hope when I feel so hopeful but I have been making art and am hoping to create something beautiful that can share a human experience that I find hard to express with words. I hope to feel seen in this way.
Report
To heal, is to become a survivor. I believe all survivors should come together, let’s fight this battle together !
Report
I believe you. What’s happening to you is not your fault and you don’t have to live like this.
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
You are going to be okay, recovery and healing is a long painful road. But you are still here and you are still fighting, talk to someone. You are not alone and you are loved.
Report
Instead of relying on others, focus on your own abilities, hopes, and dreams. Every day, strive to become a better version of yourself and work towards achieving your goals. With dedication and effort, you can become the person you aspire to be.
Report
Healing is learning to be compassionate toward yourself, believing in yourself, and forgiving yourself.
Report
Move your bodies in ways that feel good to you as much as you can. It helps us release
Report
I thought he was my freind until I told him about my sa and he made”jokes about it” eventually put his hands on me and drug me out my dorm room
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
Healing means peace. Healing means acceptance. Healing means you don't have to prove yourself in order to be loved.
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.