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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.
You are stronger than you think you are. You are more resilient and tenacious than you could ever imagine. You are your own hero and will be the queen of your own destiny. Never give up... and remember self love and self care are the foundation of self preservation.
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Never give up, fight, hold those accountable, learn and learn some more rest repeat.
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Healing for me means to let it all go, and working on the triggers that I know are there and ones that I don’t know could be there. Healing is to share my story over and over for others to hear that could be going through the same thing.
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Healing is a long process, like a ball of yarn that can get tangled here and there. But it is so worth it. My friends and family can smile knowing that I'm dancing in my kitchen at midnight, cooking and listening to my favorite songs with the biggest smile on my face. There is hope, please know that.
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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 is being with my daughters. It’s sitting on the couch, watching a movie next to them. It’s hugging them twenty times a day just because I can. That is my healing, and right now it’s also my mission — a full-blown mission to get back to that place of love, safety, and normalcy with them.
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As I was saying I am happy where I am now I don't know where my abuser is Initial as I called him The abuse was horrible I really didn't know where to turn who I could tell bc if I call the pd he threatened to hit himself to make it look like I was the abuser That meant if he went to jail so did I I was afraid of his friends especially the female friends they hated me I didn't drink or do drugs so I was boring I was even more afraid of his brothers they were more aggressive than Initial was ...my kids (not his ) hated him the feeling was mutual...I just hated his guts I was trapped in a relationship I didn't want to be in He stole from me and when I went on unemployment he took that too I was his slave at everything when I didn't want to be intimate he'd accuse me of cheating I went to women's shelter and he found me I was followed by the time I was ready to leave I found myself wanting him to just end my life he threatened to every day and I would challenge him but he didn't do it bc he was a pussy
Dear reader, this story contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Healing is accepting the things you cannot change. And trusting that God has you no matter what.
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A couple years ago I sent a letter each to my then boyfriend and the guy. I felt better.
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continuing to strive for healthy relationships. continuing to press forward and stay motivated to get the cognitive therapy i need. hold close the friends who care, who are supportive and understanding.
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Healing for me, means finding the real me again. It’s pushing through traumatic experiences and coming out from them better. It’s living a life, I never dreamed of being in the abusive relationship. It’s about loving myself again.
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It's not your shame to carry Speak your story, it's your to tell Don't let anyone else's discomfort make you feel uncomfortable.
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I have to be hopeful that one day it will all be over. But I need to act.
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Just remember, it wasn’t all you. It isn’t all your fault. But if you continue to stay and put yourself in harms way again and again that is on you. You can be stronger you can walk away you can be on your own and you will be OK.
Report
Healing is a continual journey, it doesn't end when you get out of the relationship. I'll never be fully healed, but life has to go on, I will not deny myself happiness due to past horrors. I'm one of the lucky ones that escaped with my life and for that I'm thankful every day, others are not so lucky.
Report
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 for me means to let it all go, and working on the triggers that I know are there and ones that I don’t know could be there. Healing is to share my story over and over for others to hear that could be going through the same thing.
Report
Healing is a long process, like a ball of yarn that can get tangled here and there. But it is so worth it. My friends and family can smile knowing that I'm dancing in my kitchen at midnight, cooking and listening to my favorite songs with the biggest smile on my face. There is hope, please know that.
Report
As I was saying I am happy where I am now I don't know where my abuser is Initial as I called him The abuse was horrible I really didn't know where to turn who I could tell bc if I call the pd he threatened to hit himself to make it look like I was the abuser That meant if he went to jail so did I I was afraid of his friends especially the female friends they hated me I didn't drink or do drugs so I was boring I was even more afraid of his brothers they were more aggressive than Initial was ...my kids (not his ) hated him the feeling was mutual...I just hated his guts I was trapped in a relationship I didn't want to be in He stole from me and when I went on unemployment he took that too I was his slave at everything when I didn't want to be intimate he'd accuse me of cheating I went to women's shelter and he found me I was followed by the time I was ready to leave I found myself wanting him to just end my life he threatened to every day and I would challenge him but he didn't do it bc he was a pussy
Dear reader, this story contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
Report
A couple years ago I sent a letter each to my then boyfriend and the guy. I felt better.
Report
Healing for me, means finding the real me again. It’s pushing through traumatic experiences and coming out from them better. It’s living a life, I never dreamed of being in the abusive relationship. It’s about loving myself again.
Report
It's not your shame to carry Speak your story, it's your to tell Don't let anyone else's discomfort make you feel uncomfortable.
Report
Healing is a continual journey, it doesn't end when you get out of the relationship. I'll never be fully healed, but life has to go on, I will not deny myself happiness due to past horrors. I'm one of the lucky ones that escaped with my life and for that I'm thankful every day, others are not so lucky.
Report
Never give up, fight, hold those accountable, learn and learn some more rest repeat.
Report
Healing is accepting the things you cannot change. And trusting that God has you no matter what.
Report
You are stronger than you think you are. You are more resilient and tenacious than you could ever imagine. You are your own hero and will be the queen of your own destiny. Never give up... and remember self love and self care are the foundation of self preservation.
Report
You deserve so much better & I hope you heal and get everything you want out of your life. 🫶
Report
Healing is being with my daughters. It’s sitting on the couch, watching a movie next to them. It’s hugging them twenty times a day just because I can. That is my healing, and right now it’s also my mission — a full-blown mission to get back to that place of love, safety, and normalcy with them.
Report
continuing to strive for healthy relationships. continuing to press forward and stay motivated to get the cognitive therapy i need. hold close the friends who care, who are supportive and understanding.
Report
I have to be hopeful that one day it will all be over. But I need to act.
Report
Just remember, it wasn’t all you. It isn’t all your fault. But if you continue to stay and put yourself in harms way again and again that is on you. You can be stronger you can walk away you can be on your own and you will be OK.
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.