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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
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Healing means forgiving the person you were before you knew what you know now.
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Healing is a breath of fresh air I am able to breath I can laugh I can act silly with my kids and now my granddaughter I have my life back I did get my GED certificate I am married to a wonderful man who is 14 yrs older than I am and the best part he's sober I wear makeup I dress the way I want to I have a relationship with my parents...God saved me he heard my cries for help and I am alive and free and happy Again most importantly I am alive and free
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I found hope in reading, as cliche as it sounds, I’ve been reading the Bible, other romance novels, and a great book called “raising emotionally healthy boys.”
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You deserve so much better & I hope you heal and get everything you want out of your life. 🫶
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Healing to me is being able to let go of your old traumas that been weighing you down and to grow thru what you go trough
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There is always hope. When you are in it there will seem like there is no hope. Keep having faith that things will change. The important part is continuing to do the right things right. The Best is Yet to Come.
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I would love to heal from the PTSD I suffer everyday. The flashbacks and feeling of reliving the sexual assault is overbearing majority of my days. I hide it well, but I feel defeated.
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I believe you. What’s happening to you is not your fault and you don’t have to live like this.
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Not giving anyone no reaction is the best reaction. When we choice not to fight they think they won. But they don't really understand having a piece of mind
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“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
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having family and friends as well as two cats around that love you and dont judge you because of this.
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I believe you need hope to live. Without hope what do we have? To me hope is yearning for something better. Without hope my existence is pain.
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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.
Healing is a breath of fresh air I am able to breath I can laugh I can act silly with my kids and now my granddaughter I have my life back I did get my GED certificate I am married to a wonderful man who is 14 yrs older than I am and the best part he's sober I wear makeup I dress the way I want to I have a relationship with my parents...God saved me he heard my cries for help and I am alive and free and happy Again most importantly I am alive and free
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
Report
I found hope in reading, as cliche as it sounds, I’ve been reading the Bible, other romance novels, and a great book called “raising emotionally healthy boys.”
Report
Healing to me is being able to let go of your old traumas that been weighing you down and to grow thru what you go trough
Report
Not giving anyone no reaction is the best reaction. When we choice not to fight they think they won. But they don't really understand having a piece of mind
Report
Healing means forgiving the person you were before you knew what you know now.
Report
I believe you. What’s happening to you is not your fault and you don’t have to live like this.
Report
I believe you need hope to live. Without hope what do we have? To me hope is yearning for something better. Without hope my existence is pain.
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
You deserve so much better & I hope you heal and get everything you want out of your life. 🫶
Report
There is always hope. When you are in it there will seem like there is no hope. Keep having faith that things will change. The important part is continuing to do the right things right. The Best is Yet to Come.
Report
I would love to heal from the PTSD I suffer everyday. The flashbacks and feeling of reliving the sexual assault is overbearing majority of my days. I hide it well, but I feel defeated.
Report
“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
Report
having family and friends as well as two cats around that love you and dont judge you because of this.
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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.