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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.
My hope to any survivor is that you don’t feel alone, that you recognize that healing is a process that doesn’t have a set time frame. Don't give up.
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Healing means forgiving the person you were before you knew what you know now.
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Hope is just around the corner. My dad always tells me, “Don’t stop trying, you might be just about to reach your goal.” Life is a roller coaster right? Always remember that when there is bad, there will be good again.
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Dont give up. Even a life of suffering is better than no life at all.
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I want to share my story with others in a domestic abuse situation. I wish to prevent 'family enilators' or abusers from harming another woman or child unnessecarily. I want to encourage positive outcomes despite encounters with yucky people.
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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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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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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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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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I love you all out there! You are not alone! You are strong! The abuse is not your fault!
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Healing means understanding, closure, realizing u didn't deserve it. Being ok again.
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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.
Dont give up. Even a life of suffering is better than no life at all.
Report
I want to share my story with others in a domestic abuse situation. I wish to prevent 'family enilators' or abusers from harming another woman or child unnessecarily. I want to encourage positive outcomes despite encounters with yucky people.
Report
Hope is the silver of light left when you are surrounded by darkness. It is love in its greatest form 💕
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
I love you all out there! You are not alone! You are strong! The abuse is not your fault!
Report
Healing means understanding, closure, realizing u didn't deserve it. Being ok again.
Report
Hope is just around the corner. My dad always tells me, “Don’t stop trying, you might be just about to reach your goal.” Life is a roller coaster right? Always remember that when there is bad, there will be good again.
Report
My hope to any survivor is that you don’t feel alone, that you recognize that healing is a process that doesn’t have a set time frame. Don't give up.
Report
Healing means forgiving the person you were before you knew what you know now.
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
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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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.