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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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You are alone. Don't be shame. Reach out to someone you know. There are organizations out there that can help with emergency housing and food.
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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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to me, healing means understanding what happened. I don't need to know why he did it, but why me?
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For me healing is focusing on bettering myself for a better future and life. It takes time but it is very possible even small things like reading or doing self care is healing. Healing has no specific defenition and can be done by anyone.
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I haven't healed yet, as the police who killed my mother harass us and the school allows my daughter to be bullied because she's not white and her mom is me. I refuse to kill myself even though I'm almost jealous of my mother, my children watched me brought to my knees after the moral injury hurt so much more than the black eyes and the aching thighs, my children will watch me heal one day, if only someone could tell me.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Healing is sharing your story, only in sharing can we let go of shame. Shame that wasn't ours to begin with.
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Therapy. Drawing boundaries. Reading up on abuse and identify things I can and cannot control. Going for the right relationships.
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Instead of relying on others, focus on your own abilities, hopes, and dreams. Every day, strive to become a better version of yourself and work towards achieving your goals. With dedication and effort, you can become the person you aspire to be.
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Don't give up and keep pushing forward. It might feel like there is no hope but I promise there are blue skies and green grass on the other side of the hill.
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Three beautiful kids later, three houses later, and 10 years later, I finally had the courage to leave.
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I find my hope in my children and my happiness now that I am free of him.
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Hope comes from late Old English hopa "confidence in the future,". I would reframe that to having confidence in yourself. HOPE can be dangerous and you can hope for change, hope for better but YOU ARE ENOUGH as you are and if you are hoping for better then believe you can do it. Be kind to yourself and put one foot in-front of the other.
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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.
You are alone. Don't be shame. Reach out to someone you know. There are organizations out there that can help with emergency housing and food.
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
I haven't healed yet, as the police who killed my mother harass us and the school allows my daughter to be bullied because she's not white and her mom is me. I refuse to kill myself even though I'm almost jealous of my mother, my children watched me brought to my knees after the moral injury hurt so much more than the black eyes and the aching thighs, my children will watch me heal one day, if only someone could tell me.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
Report
Healing is sharing your story, only in sharing can we let go of shame. Shame that wasn't ours to begin with.
Report
I find my hope in my children and my happiness now that I am free of him.
Report
Hope comes from late Old English hopa "confidence in the future,". I would reframe that to having confidence in yourself. HOPE can be dangerous and you can hope for change, hope for better but YOU ARE ENOUGH as you are and if you are hoping for better then believe you can do it. Be kind to yourself and put one foot in-front of the other.
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
Don't give up and keep pushing forward. It might feel like there is no hope but I promise there are blue skies and green grass on the other side of the hill.
Report
to me, healing means understanding what happened. I don't need to know why he did it, but why me?
Report
For me healing is focusing on bettering myself for a better future and life. It takes time but it is very possible even small things like reading or doing self care is healing. Healing has no specific defenition and can be done by anyone.
Report
Therapy. Drawing boundaries. Reading up on abuse and identify things I can and cannot control. Going for the right relationships.
Report
Instead of relying on others, focus on your own abilities, hopes, and dreams. Every day, strive to become a better version of yourself and work towards achieving your goals. With dedication and effort, you can become the person you aspire to be.
Report
Three beautiful kids later, three houses later, and 10 years later, I finally had the courage to leave.
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.