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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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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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Healing is using my position to share my story with current college students, using my position to listen to college students, and using my position to educate college students.
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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 to me, knowing it's okay to take care of yourself first and not feel bad about it. It is okay to get the right help and say, "no, I am not having a good day today". Giving yourself permission to feel, except and try again.
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I can trust again. I no longer get anxious on my way home from places. I feel free.
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Nothing or no one is ever hopeless, please never give up or give in
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Smiling again with love in my heart for myself and the world.
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I can now honestly say that hand on heart I am at peace with myself. I feel so calm. I am not angry or frustrated. I am at one with the universe. I believe everything happens for a reason. My reason is so that I can now speak out and help others.
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Healing to me is sharing my story, helping others, protecting my children and moving on in peace.
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having family and friends as well as two cats around that love you and dont judge you because of this.
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. ⸻ Healing, to me, means learning to feel safe again—inside my own body, my own mind, and my children’s world. It’s rebuilding trust with myself, finding stability after chaos, and allowing joy without guilt. Healing isn’t forgetting what happened; it’s choosing to grow beyond it and creating a future where my children and I can live without fear, and with hope.
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I never thought one could be truly free of addiction, emotional torment, and past trauma. It starts with the willingness to take small risks. Opening up to a friend. Attending a support group. Finding a counselor. Writing in a journal. Self-care. Simply getting out of bed in the morning.
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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 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
Healing is using my position to share my story with current college students, using my position to listen to college students, and using my position to educate college students.
Report
Healing means to me, knowing it's okay to take care of yourself first and not feel bad about it. It is okay to get the right help and say, "no, I am not having a good day today". Giving yourself permission to feel, except and try again.
Report
I can trust again. I no longer get anxious on my way home from places. I feel free.
Report
I can now honestly say that hand on heart I am at peace with myself. I feel so calm. I am not angry or frustrated. I am at one with the universe. I believe everything happens for a reason. My reason is so that I can now speak out and help others.
Report
. ⸻ Healing, to me, means learning to feel safe again—inside my own body, my own mind, and my children’s world. It’s rebuilding trust with myself, finding stability after chaos, and allowing joy without guilt. Healing isn’t forgetting what happened; it’s choosing to grow beyond it and creating a future where my children and I can live without fear, and with hope.
Report
I never thought one could be truly free of addiction, emotional torment, and past trauma. It starts with the willingness to take small risks. Opening up to a friend. Attending a support group. Finding a counselor. Writing in a journal. Self-care. Simply getting out of bed in the morning.
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
I love you all out there! You are not alone! You are strong! The abuse is not your fault!
Report
Nothing or no one is ever hopeless, please never give up or give in
Report
Smiling again with love in my heart for myself and the world.
Report
Healing to me is sharing my story, helping others, protecting my children and moving on in peace.
Report
having family and friends as well as two cats around that love you and dont judge you because of this.
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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.