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title: Message of Hope #1809 ~ Our Wave Community
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## Message of Hope

If you are reading this and you are living through abuse, I want you to know that there is a way out. I know how it feels to believe that you are trapped. I know what it feels like to feel like there are no options, like nobody will believe you, like the obstacles in front of you are too big to overcome. For many years, I felt that way. I was isolated. I was afraid. I was living in a situation where I felt like I had lost control over my own life. I did not know how I would leave, how I would protect my children, or how I would rebuild everything that had been taken from me. But I want you to know something: The fact that you are still here means there is still hope. Your story is not over. You are not defined by what someone has done to you. You are not powerless. Even if you cannot see the path forward yet, that does not mean there is no path. For me, survival did not happen all at once. It happened one decision at a time. It was choosing to keep going for my children. It was documenting what happened. It was asking for help. It was taking one more step even when I was exhausted. There were times when I thought I could not continue. There were times when I felt like I had lost myself completely. But little by little, I started finding my way back. My faith has also carried me through this journey. I believe that God was with me even in the darkest moments, including the moments when I felt alone. I believe He gave me strength when I did not have strength of my own. If you are still in the middle of your battle, I want you to be patient and gentle with yourself. Healing takes time. Rebuilding takes time. Sometimes progress does not look like a big victory—it looks like making it through another day, protecting yourself, or taking one small step toward freedom. Please remember: You deserve safety. You deserve respect. You deserve to be believed. You deserve a life beyond survival. I am still fighting my own battles. I am still healing. I am still working toward the day my children and I can finally be completely safe. But I am proof that even after years of pain, a person can begin again. Do not give up. There is a future beyond what you are experiencing right now.

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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.

Try another grounding activity

I feel grounded and ready