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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 finally divorced my abuser after 45 years. It is not easy but it is better. Of course no relationship is 100% awful 100% of the time. That’s what helped keep me in it. But, I now know that I deserve more than the crumbs I got in my abusive marriage.
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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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Healing means not having flashbacks, being comfortable moving forward, not feeling stuck.
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healing means being free...leaving him could make me free...everyday I close my eyes and think that if I could just vanish from the face of the earth.
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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 is a breath of fresh air I am able to breath I can laugh I can act silly with my kids and now my granddaughter I have my life back I did get my GED certificate I am married to a wonderful man who is 14 yrs older than I am and the best part he's sober I wear makeup I dress the way I want to I have a relationship with my parents...God saved me he heard my cries for help and I am alive and free and happy Again most importantly I am alive and free
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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You are allowed to feel whatever you are feeling, and it wasn't your fault.
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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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Hope is the silver of light left when you are surrounded by darkness. It is love in its greatest form 💕
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Healing means to finally understand why I allowed the abuse, to realize no one should be able to hurt you in any form of abuse no matter what the situation, to learn to love and value my whole self and to truly forgive so I don't have darkness in my heart.
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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.
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
I love you all out there! You are not alone! You are strong! The abuse is not your fault!
Report
Healing is a breath of fresh air I am able to breath I can laugh I can act silly with my kids and now my granddaughter I have my life back I did get my GED certificate I am married to a wonderful man who is 14 yrs older than I am and the best part he's sober I wear makeup I dress the way I want to I have a relationship with my parents...God saved me he heard my cries for help and I am alive and free and happy Again most importantly I am alive and free
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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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.
Report
Healing means to finally understand why I allowed the abuse, to realize no one should be able to hurt you in any form of abuse no matter what the situation, to learn to love and value my whole self and to truly forgive so I don't have darkness in my heart.
Report
healing means being free...leaving him could make me free...everyday I close my eyes and think that if I could just vanish from the face of the earth.
Report
I finally divorced my abuser after 45 years. It is not easy but it is better. Of course no relationship is 100% awful 100% of the time. That’s what helped keep me in it. But, I now know that I deserve more than the crumbs I got in my abusive marriage.
Report
Healing means not having flashbacks, being comfortable moving forward, not feeling stuck.
Report
You are allowed to feel whatever you are feeling, and it wasn't your fault.
Report
Hope is the silver of light left when you are surrounded by darkness. It is love in its greatest form 💕
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.