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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 takes time. It doesn’t take a day, a week, or a month. It takes years and years to heal after being treated like shit.
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After 30+ years I'm still trying to heal my body , my mind , and my soul. The horrible men that I've had in my life have done nothing but use and abuse me .
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it means to me that i dont have to live with this dark cloud of shame hanging over my head anymore
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I believe God has given me a second chance so I can help others get out. Don't wait, especially 35 years, like I did. If I can do it, especially with Stage IV breast cancer, than so can others. I have this huge desire in my heart to finally share my story and help others.
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Healing to me would to wake up and not feel so angry at the world for what happened to me. To not feel like I have to carry this pain, I want to let go and make space for me & the truth of the beauty I carry in my heart.
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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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What does healing mean to me? Remembering my own self worth. Knowing that I finally had the strength to walk away. There is no "sin" in wanting to love or wanting to BE loved. The sickness and the abuse is on the abuser - not on me.
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My husband is abuse emotionally, physically and financially. He threatens to kill me if I leave him. I have tried to engage his family but they keep defending him. Everyday is a blessing that I am still alive.
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healing is when you feel at peace with what happened. no longer blaming yourself, when you don’t flinch away from someone. when your genuinely happy. and you’ll have your bad days. it won’t go away but you’ll heal to where you will be okay
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Law & Order SVU has helped me with my healing process. I also dream of a Partnership with Joyful Heart Foundation and Mariska Hargitay on my project, Crafting For A Cause. It's about using art to spread joy, support, and awareness.
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I found someone amazing. In places I didn’t expect. I found my peace. Chase your peace.
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Happiness is you and your decision to be happy. I like this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson "Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."
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Hope is the silver of light left when you are surrounded by darkness. It is love in its greatest form 💕
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“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
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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.
After 30+ years I'm still trying to heal my body , my mind , and my soul. The horrible men that I've had in my life have done nothing but use and abuse me .
Report
Healing to me would to wake up and not feel so angry at the world for what happened to me. To not feel like I have to carry this pain, I want to let go and make space for me & the truth of the beauty I carry in my heart.
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
My husband is abuse emotionally, physically and financially. He threatens to kill me if I leave him. I have tried to engage his family but they keep defending him. Everyday is a blessing that I am still alive.
Report
Law & Order SVU has helped me with my healing process. I also dream of a Partnership with Joyful Heart Foundation and Mariska Hargitay on my project, Crafting For A Cause. It's about using art to spread joy, support, and awareness.
Report
I found someone amazing. In places I didn’t expect. I found my peace. Chase your peace.
Report
“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
Report
Healing takes time. It doesn’t take a day, a week, or a month. It takes years and years to heal after being treated like shit.
Report
I believe God has given me a second chance so I can help others get out. Don't wait, especially 35 years, like I did. If I can do it, especially with Stage IV breast cancer, than so can others. I have this huge desire in my heart to finally share my story and help others.
Report
Hope is the silver of light left when you are surrounded by darkness. It is love in its greatest form 💕
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
it means to me that i dont have to live with this dark cloud of shame hanging over my head anymore
Report
What does healing mean to me? Remembering my own self worth. Knowing that I finally had the strength to walk away. There is no "sin" in wanting to love or wanting to BE loved. The sickness and the abuse is on the abuser - not on me.
Report
healing is when you feel at peace with what happened. no longer blaming yourself, when you don’t flinch away from someone. when your genuinely happy. and you’ll have your bad days. it won’t go away but you’ll heal to where you will be okay
Report
Happiness is you and your decision to be happy. I like this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson "Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."
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.