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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.
Help is everywhere don't try to be scared to look for help to somebody you know you could give trust to.
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Healing means the process of discovering that I am worthy of respect. That I'm competent. That I have nothing to be ashamed of.
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Healing for me means understanding that it’s not linear that some days are going to be rougher than others, but most importantly healing for me was the recognition that it wasn’t my fault for a really long time. I blamed myself.
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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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You deserve to feel and be safe. Love should feel and be safe.
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“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
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You deserve love, kindness, honesty, and security. You really really do. There are good and loving people in the world. I am so grateful for my life now.
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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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i could feel okay again i left wheeling am stuck in Place if i felt my life was going in a good direction i went back to church connected with friends from church they tell me put god first but it does not help me they do not understand then i am supposed to be grateful for a lousy apartment lousy place to live a bleak future.
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Life gets better. Keep holding up. I know it can seem impossible. It can seem like all odds are stacked against you. But we are the true heroes and underdogs in our stories. We will always come out on top. There are resources and people out there that can and will help you. You got this!
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It does get better and no matter what, always remember: ITS NOT YOUR FAULT! I am doing much better now and I am in a stable and loving relationship with a respectful guy almost 2 years later. You are loved and you are strong. You got this!
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Yes, I am hoping to become a professional speaker to encourage others who need help to get out of bad relationships.
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I also believe in hope, and in your strength. I got out of a violent, abusive marriage despite the fact few people believed my story at first. Don't worry about proving anything, just take the next step to help yourself heal, you are worth it, and deserve peace.
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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 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
“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
Report
You deserve love, kindness, honesty, and security. You really really do. There are good and loving people in the world. I am so grateful for my life now.
Report
It does get better and no matter what, always remember: ITS NOT YOUR FAULT! I am doing much better now and I am in a stable and loving relationship with a respectful guy almost 2 years later. You are loved and you are strong. You got this!
Report
Yes, I am hoping to become a professional speaker to encourage others who need help to get out of bad relationships.
Report
I also believe in hope, and in your strength. I got out of a violent, abusive marriage despite the fact few people believed my story at first. Don't worry about proving anything, just take the next step to help yourself heal, you are worth it, and deserve peace.
Report
Healing for me means understanding that it’s not linear that some days are going to be rougher than others, but most importantly healing for me was the recognition that it wasn’t my fault for a really long time. I blamed myself.
Report
Life gets better. Keep holding up. I know it can seem impossible. It can seem like all odds are stacked against you. But we are the true heroes and underdogs in our stories. We will always come out on top. There are resources and people out there that can and will help you. You got this!
Report
Help is everywhere don't try to be scared to look for help to somebody you know you could give trust to.
Report
Healing means the process of discovering that I am worthy of respect. That I'm competent. That I have nothing to be ashamed of.
Report
You deserve to feel and be safe. Love should feel and be safe.
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 could feel okay again i left wheeling am stuck in Place if i felt my life was going in a good direction i went back to church connected with friends from church they tell me put god first but it does not help me they do not understand then i am supposed to be grateful for a lousy apartment lousy place to live a bleak future.
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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.