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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.
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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It's not your shame to carry Speak your story, it's your to tell Don't let anyone else's discomfort make you feel uncomfortable.
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“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
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this isn’t the end. fight for yourself. don’t let them win. i believe you. and one day you will be okay
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Self compassion and self love are crucial. Not pushing myself . Doing what I to do - not what I think I should do. I am privileged to be able to access excellent therapeutic support which has been life changing.
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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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From one survivor to another, you are so strong. You were strong during, and you are strong after, that has not changed. I’m proud of you for being able to leave because that is never easy, and even if the healing isn’t easy, please keep looking forward, don’t look back.
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Healing is a process that involves regaining the power to focus on what we can do instead of what we can't. It's a journey that requires separating our capabilities from others' involvement in our lives. We need to regain the power to continue making our lives valuable and meaningful for many.
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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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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 means not having flashbacks, being comfortable moving forward, not feeling stuck.
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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 is hard. Realization is harder. Realizing that the man I thought loved and cared for me was a delusion. Realizing that I held onto the good times to ignore the worst times. Realizing that I changed who I was in order to keep the facade of who he could be. It hurts. But I am alive. I am here to pick up the pieces that he shattered.
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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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It means learning to live, for myself, the 1st time. It means placing 1 foot in front of the other , while leaning on my faith to help me through.
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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.
“Every victim should have the opportunity to become a survivor,”
Report
this isn’t the end. fight for yourself. don’t let them win. i believe you. and one day you will be okay
Report
Healing is a process that involves regaining the power to focus on what we can do instead of what we can't. It's a journey that requires separating our capabilities from others' involvement in our lives. We need to regain the power to continue making our lives valuable and meaningful for many.
Report
having family and friends as well as two cats around that love you and dont judge you because of this.
Report
Healing means not having flashbacks, being comfortable moving forward, not feeling stuck.
Report
It means learning to live, for myself, the 1st time. It means placing 1 foot in front of the other , while leaning on my faith to help me through.
Report
It's not your shame to carry Speak your story, it's your to tell Don't let anyone else's discomfort make you feel uncomfortable.
Report
From one survivor to another, you are so strong. You were strong during, and you are strong after, that has not changed. I’m proud of you for being able to leave because that is never easy, and even if the healing isn’t easy, please keep looking forward, don’t look back.
Report
it means to me that i dont have to live with this dark cloud of shame hanging over my head anymore
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
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
Self compassion and self love are crucial. Not pushing myself . Doing what I to do - not what I think I should do. I am privileged to be able to access excellent therapeutic support which has been life changing.
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
Help is everywhere don't try to be scared to look for help to somebody you know you could give trust to.
Report
Healing is hard. Realization is harder. Realizing that the man I thought loved and cared for me was a delusion. Realizing that I held onto the good times to ignore the worst times. Realizing that I changed who I was in order to keep the facade of who he could be. It hurts. But I am alive. I am here to pick up the pieces that he shattered.
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.