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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 to me means that I can talk about my story shamelessly and not to find fault in myself, but find fault in the others who have done such illegal acts. I still shake when I speak about it or type about it, so the trauma is very real, but I continue forward with courage.
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dont fear of speaking out, it does not mean that you are weak, it means you are a survivor
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I want to be a source of hope to the hopeless
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Hope is the silver of light left when you are surrounded by darkness. It is love in its greatest form 💕
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Only you know what you feel, don't let anyone tell you it's not valid.
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No matter what the system tells you: it was done TO YOU, what they did is not YOUR FAULT. Now pick yourself up and do all YOU CAN DO to make sure it doesn’t happen to another kid, and when it does happen to another kid, they don’t have to fight the way we have had to in order for justice to be served in this life.
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. ⸻ Healing, to me, means learning to feel safe again—inside my own body, my own mind, and my children’s world. It’s rebuilding trust with myself, finding stability after chaos, and allowing joy without guilt. Healing isn’t forgetting what happened; it’s choosing to grow beyond it and creating a future where my children and I can live without fear, and with hope.
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It is not your fault. You are enough. You are worthy of healthy love.
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I’m in a loving Marraige, three amazing kids, good job, great friends - it took a tough road to get here but it was worth it xxx
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I believe you and you are not alone. Keep going. You're worth it.
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I’ve learned that healing is not a destination, but a journey.
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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.
dont fear of speaking out, it does not mean that you are weak, it means you are a survivor
Report
. ⸻ Healing, to me, means learning to feel safe again—inside my own body, my own mind, and my children’s world. It’s rebuilding trust with myself, finding stability after chaos, and allowing joy without guilt. Healing isn’t forgetting what happened; it’s choosing to grow beyond it and creating a future where my children and I can live without fear, and with hope.
Report
It is not your fault. You are enough. You are worthy of healthy love.
Report
I’ve learned that healing is not a destination, but a journey.
Report
No matter what the system tells you: it was done TO YOU, what they did is not YOUR FAULT. Now pick yourself up and do all YOU CAN DO to make sure it doesn’t happen to another kid, and when it does happen to another kid, they don’t have to fight the way we have had to in order for justice to be served in this life.
Report
I believe you and you are not alone. Keep going. You're worth it.
Report
Healing to me means that I can talk about my story shamelessly and not to find fault in myself, but find fault in the others who have done such illegal acts. I still shake when I speak about it or type about it, so the trauma is very real, but I continue forward with courage.
Report
I want to be a source of hope to the hopeless
Report
Hope is the silver of light left when you are surrounded by darkness. It is love in its greatest form 💕
Report
Only you know what you feel, don't let anyone tell you it's not valid.
Report
I’m in a loving Marraige, three amazing kids, good job, great friends - it took a tough road to get here but it was worth it xxx
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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.