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Message to a Survivor

Do not let your emotions at the current moment cloud your judgement of the future, it will get better I promise, you will not feel like this forever.

Message of Healing

Healing is started by accepting, it is so hard to accept something traumatic happened, especially is sexual harassment and assault/ rape. Because when you accept that word, you accept all the emotions that came with it. But after that extremely hard part, you have been so brave, thats when you work every day on your healing techniques, whether through therapy or simple steps like reminding yourself that you won't always feel this way and over time you will feel better.

At first I did the usual stuff from the books after the trauma, I thought it must have been my fault, I was the drunk one, I let him help me and my friend go home. I'm the one who misinterpreted his true nature and thought he would be a good guy, with simple intent. But after a few weeks of recovery and many showers, I truly accepted the fact that I was raped. Which is a daunting realisation because everything changes then, as many would know. I didnt want to be defined by being a rape survivor, or a an abused girl who got too drunk. I now know, none of it was my fault, I am not responsible for the actions of him and it DEFINITELY doesn't define me. I first accepted it when I told my best friend, the first time I've ever told anyone about any of my traumas in the past. She validated me and asked what I wanted to do about, in the best way possible she soothed me and shared her stories as well. I just wish everyone had or has a friend like her, who tells you what you need to here. I still fear the idea of telling a future partner and it haunts me in current situationships, but each time I get braver and braver and more confident in myself and I have come a long way, so I guess the point of this was to get off my chest what I havent told to many, and to let myself know that even a small anonymous post is still progress and I'm doing well. Thank u x

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