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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.
Is it bad that I still feel dirty after my old friend forced me to kiss her when I was 6-7 and she was 10-11?
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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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Hope comes from late Old English hopa "confidence in the future,". I would reframe that to having confidence in yourself. HOPE can be dangerous and you can hope for change, hope for better but YOU ARE ENOUGH as you are and if you are hoping for better then believe you can do it. Be kind to yourself and put one foot in-front of the other.
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Healing takes time. It doesn’t take a day, a week, or a month. It takes years and years to heal after being treated like shit.
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Hope is a good thing I kept my faith and hoped for a change and it happened
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Help is everywhere don't try to be scared to look for help to somebody you know you could give trust to.
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“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
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When I think about my healing journey right now, I ultimately just want to feel more connected to myself. Accepting of safety and kindness and love.
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This trauma was very recent for me. Currently, healing for me is taking it day by day and trying to love myself through everything that comes up for me as I sift the the rubble the remains of the person I once was.
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I think having hope is what allows us to reach that point of being able to breath again. To further, I think that hope is necessary for surviving the horrible traumas that get thrown into us. Life shouldn't have to be getting by, it should be about living, and I think hope is the best driving force to get to that point.
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Healing, to me, is a constantly evolving. It started with accepting what had happened to me. I hope that one day I will confide in someone about my experience and truly heal from it.
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You are not alone , there is always hope and you didn't deserve what you went through, you are loved , none of this was your fault
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After the election, the very end will have the political ask - feel free to cut that if you want to share. Thanks so much for reading my story. Link
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As I was saying I am happy where I am now I don't know where my abuser is Initial as I called him The abuse was horrible I really didn't know where to turn who I could tell bc if I call the pd he threatened to hit himself to make it look like I was the abuser That meant if he went to jail so did I I was afraid of his friends especially the female friends they hated me I didn't drink or do drugs so I was boring I was even more afraid of his brothers they were more aggressive than Initial was ...my kids (not his ) hated him the feeling was mutual...I just hated his guts I was trapped in a relationship I didn't want to be in He stole from me and when I went on unemployment he took that too I was his slave at everything when I didn't want to be intimate he'd accuse me of cheating I went to women's shelter and he found me I was followed by the time I was ready to leave I found myself wanting him to just end my life he threatened to every day and I would challenge him but he didn't do it bc he was a pussy
Dear reader, this story contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Talking, journaling - understanding forgiveness (it has nothing to do with them and everything to do with releasing you) I also know if I hold onto the past - I cannot move forward. I want to move forward so have had to compromise on justice sadly in this case.
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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.
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
Hope comes from late Old English hopa "confidence in the future,". I would reframe that to having confidence in yourself. HOPE can be dangerous and you can hope for change, hope for better but YOU ARE ENOUGH as you are and if you are hoping for better then believe you can do it. Be kind to yourself and put one foot in-front of the other.
Report
Hope is a good thing I kept my faith and hoped for a change and it happened
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
Report
Help is everywhere don't try to be scared to look for help to somebody you know you could give trust to.
Report
I think having hope is what allows us to reach that point of being able to breath again. To further, I think that hope is necessary for surviving the horrible traumas that get thrown into us. Life shouldn't have to be getting by, it should be about living, and I think hope is the best driving force to get to that point.
Report
Healing, to me, is a constantly evolving. It started with accepting what had happened to me. I hope that one day I will confide in someone about my experience and truly heal from it.
Report
After the election, the very end will have the political ask - feel free to cut that if you want to share. Thanks so much for reading my story. Link
Report
Talking, journaling - understanding forgiveness (it has nothing to do with them and everything to do with releasing you) I also know if I hold onto the past - I cannot move forward. I want to move forward so have had to compromise on justice sadly in this case.
Report
Is it bad that I still feel dirty after my old friend forced me to kiss her when I was 6-7 and she was 10-11?
Report
This trauma was very recent for me. Currently, healing for me is taking it day by day and trying to love myself through everything that comes up for me as I sift the the rubble the remains of the person I once was.
Report
Healing takes time. It doesn’t take a day, a week, or a month. It takes years and years to heal after being treated like shit.
Report
“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
Report
When I think about my healing journey right now, I ultimately just want to feel more connected to myself. Accepting of safety and kindness and love.
Report
You are not alone , there is always hope and you didn't deserve what you went through, you are loved , none of this was your fault
Report
As I was saying I am happy where I am now I don't know where my abuser is Initial as I called him The abuse was horrible I really didn't know where to turn who I could tell bc if I call the pd he threatened to hit himself to make it look like I was the abuser That meant if he went to jail so did I I was afraid of his friends especially the female friends they hated me I didn't drink or do drugs so I was boring I was even more afraid of his brothers they were more aggressive than Initial was ...my kids (not his ) hated him the feeling was mutual...I just hated his guts I was trapped in a relationship I didn't want to be in He stole from me and when I went on unemployment he took that too I was his slave at everything when I didn't want to be intimate he'd accuse me of cheating I went to women's shelter and he found me I was followed by the time I was ready to leave I found myself wanting him to just end my life he threatened to every day and I would challenge him but he didn't do it bc he was a pussy
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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.