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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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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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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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No Sexual Abuse Survivor should ever be silenced and no institution hiding perpetrators or any sexual predators should ever be protected!
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healing means wearing shorts again. it means believing that i’m worthy of the love that people give me.
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I'm hoping that I can live with this and be more kind to myself. I will be reporting and I know that it may not go in my favour or that anything will happen. And I am OK with that
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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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I want to no longer be plagued by flashback and nightmares, and want a chance at having a partner and a family one day. I also want to get to a point where i can use what happened to me growing up to help other people navigate some of the things they are experiencing, or to bring awareness and understanding to childhood trauma and abuse
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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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What happened to you is not on you, it's on them. It's a part of your story but it is not your whole story. You are stronger than you think you are.
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You can leave, it’s possible, and there’s better out there.
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Don't let the things someone else decided was okay determine who you are, grow from it. Use it as fuel to make yourself someone you feel safe with, someone a child, teenager, or adult would feel comfortable asking for help. You are not your trauma, you are you and you are loved and worth being here.
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not beign afraid to ask for help, swallow your damn pride and ask for it, there are people lik you out there that are going through the exact same thing if you are thrown a lifeline grab it, it could mean life or death
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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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?
Report
I'm hoping that I can live with this and be more kind to myself. I will be reporting and I know that it may not go in my favour or that anything will happen. And I am OK with that
Report
I want to no longer be plagued by flashback and nightmares, and want a chance at having a partner and a family one day. I also want to get to a point where i can use what happened to me growing up to help other people navigate some of the things they are experiencing, or to bring awareness and understanding to childhood trauma and abuse
Report
Help is everywhere don't try to be scared to look for help to somebody you know you could give trust to.
Report
not beign afraid to ask for help, swallow your damn pride and ask for it, there are people lik you out there that are going through the exact same thing if you are thrown a lifeline grab it, it could mean life or death
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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 wearing shorts again. it means believing that i’m worthy of the love that people give me.
Report
Don't let the things someone else decided was okay determine who you are, grow from it. Use it as fuel to make yourself someone you feel safe with, someone a child, teenager, or adult would feel comfortable asking for help. You are not your trauma, you are you and you are loved and worth being here.
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
No Sexual Abuse Survivor should ever be silenced and no institution hiding perpetrators or any sexual predators should ever be protected!
Report
Inner peace. Healing. But most of all: Justice. He does NOT deserve to get away with this.
Report
What happened to you is not on you, it's on them. It's a part of your story but it is not your whole story. You are stronger than you think you are.
Report
You can leave, it’s possible, and there’s better out there.
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.