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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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“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
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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.
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I hope you put yourself first. I hope you love yourself first. I hope you look at yourself and say I’m good enough. I hope you have the best support system to help you because you can’t do this on your own. You are not alone. You are somebody that’s worth loving.
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To me, healing means to allow yourself the time to recover and get as close as you can to a healthy and functioning existence.
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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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You are worth so much more and are more than enough. If you’re thinking about reaching out for help let this be your sign reach out for help, leave, do it for yourself and your future because you are worth so much more than an abusive partner.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Waking up everyday and loving myself and being proud of who I am, not being afraid of ashamed, seeing my strength and beauty and my resilience to not give up and knowing I am loved and I matter knowing my worth and value in this world
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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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Writing is therapy for me. Sharing my experience with domestic violence has been liberating essential to my recovery. I wrote a book to warn victims about my experiences with domestic violence and the mental health ‘side effects’. As a budding advocate, my goal is to reach as many victims and survivors as possible; and to piss off misogynists...one book at a time.
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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 deserve so much better & I hope you heal and get everything you want out of your life. 🫶
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
“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
Report
To me, healing means to allow yourself the time to recover and get as close as you can to a healthy and functioning existence.
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
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
I hope you put yourself first. I hope you love yourself first. I hope you look at yourself and say I’m good enough. I hope you have the best support system to help you because you can’t do this on your own. You are not alone. You are somebody that’s worth loving.
Report
You are worth so much more and are more than enough. If you’re thinking about reaching out for help let this be your sign reach out for help, leave, do it for yourself and your future because you are worth so much more than an abusive partner.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
Report
Waking up everyday and loving myself and being proud of who I am, not being afraid of ashamed, seeing my strength and beauty and my resilience to not give up and knowing I am loved and I matter knowing my worth and value in this world
Report
Writing is therapy for me. Sharing my experience with domestic violence has been liberating essential to my recovery. I wrote a book to warn victims about my experiences with domestic violence and the mental health ‘side effects’. As a budding advocate, my goal is to reach as many victims and survivors as possible; and to piss off misogynists...one book at a time.
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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.