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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.
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Message to a Survivor
The days when you feel like staying up until the sunrises because you're too afraid of the night now will slowly start to decrease in frequency. You won't always be checking behind your shoulder, expecting the worst. One day, you'll be able to actually look at your naked body in the mirror and know that its yours, and know that its beautiful.
Message of Healing
Healing means deciding to live fully without fear in spite of what happened to you. It's not being afraid when you see a man thats 5'10 with a hat on. It's being ok with your past. It's being ok with knowing that you're probably going to have to live with it forever.
I remember the morning after. I don't quite remember the night before. Or really just hours before. But i remember waking up and not knowing why I wanted to stand in the shower for hours. Letting the hottest setting of water i could handle turn my body a deeper shade of red than your hands left it. I remember wanting to scrub myself so hard, until i left bruises with my own hands, next to the ones yours left. I don't quite remember the morning before, but i will always remember the morning after. this is just something i wrote trying to describe the way i felt. Not the story, because i cant say that part yet.
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