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Healing for us means love dissolving fear. Breathing freely. Feeling light-hearted. Being able to sit or lie with ease, no restlessness. Pleasant dreams. Appetite. Living instead of merely surviving. Loving people and growing close with them. --- Ah, too much, gotta end this. LOVE. Healing is LOVE.
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It gets easier to process with time. It never goes away but it does get smaller in my mind.
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Is it bad that I still feel dirty after my old friend forced me to kiss her when I was 6-7 and she was 10-11?
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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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Ladies/Gents, Getting out is THE HARDEST DECISION you'll ever make and it's the scariest thing I've ever done. I hope that everyone can get out safely, rebuild, refocus and heal.
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To anyone, who find themselves in the waves of ambiguouity. Not knowing what to call what happened to them and feel like a fraud for admitting it. You are seen. You are not crazy. Your story is your own.
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Not keeping quiet about the abuse I endured helps me heal. It's comforting to me to remember the idiom, "If people want you to write better about them, they should have behaved better". The people abused me deserve to hear every scathing word from me about what they did to me.
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Healing is a continual journey, it doesn't end when you get out of the relationship. I'll never be fully healed, but life has to go on, I will not deny myself happiness due to past horrors. I'm one of the lucky ones that escaped with my life and for that I'm thankful every day, others are not so lucky.
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Dear survivor, I BELIEVE YOU. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOU ARE LOVED. I wish I could take your pain away. I know you will get through this. You made it this far and I am so proud of you. DO NOT stop fighting!!!!!! YOU ARE WORTH IT. Love, Your friend.
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Therapy. I have a great relationship with my therapist and we have been able to work through a lot of my trauma. Healing is accepting it was not your fault. Healing is reminding yourself that you are capable and not incompetent. Healing is telling yourself that you are deserving of love.
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Just remember, it wasn’t all you. It isn’t all your fault. But if you continue to stay and put yourself in harms way again and again that is on you. You can be stronger you can walk away you can be on your own and you will be OK.
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haveing family around you tat care about you like for me its my 2 cats cat names they are always therefore, plus my brother brother name and my best friend friend name who is like a brother to me as well, plus using yoga as a way to heal both on the inside as well as the outside.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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Healing for us means love dissolving fear. Breathing freely. Feeling light-hearted. Being able to sit or lie with ease, no restlessness. Pleasant dreams. Appetite. Living instead of merely surviving. Loving people and growing close with them. --- Ah, too much, gotta end this. LOVE. Healing is LOVE.
Report
It gets easier to process with time. It never goes away but it does get smaller in my mind.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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
Ladies/Gents, Getting out is THE HARDEST DECISION you'll ever make and it's the scariest thing I've ever done. I hope that everyone can get out safely, rebuild, refocus and heal.
Report
Healing is a continual journey, it doesn't end when you get out of the relationship. I'll never be fully healed, but life has to go on, I will not deny myself happiness due to past horrors. I'm one of the lucky ones that escaped with my life and for that I'm thankful every day, others are not so lucky.
Report
Therapy. I have a great relationship with my therapist and we have been able to work through a lot of my trauma. Healing is accepting it was not your fault. Healing is reminding yourself that you are capable and not incompetent. Healing is telling yourself that you are deserving of love.
Report
Not keeping quiet about the abuse I endured helps me heal. It's comforting to me to remember the idiom, "If people want you to write better about them, they should have behaved better". The people abused me deserve to hear every scathing word from me about what they did to me.
Report
Is it bad that I still feel dirty after my old friend forced me to kiss her when I was 6-7 and she was 10-11?
Report
To anyone, who find themselves in the waves of ambiguouity. Not knowing what to call what happened to them and feel like a fraud for admitting it. You are seen. You are not crazy. Your story is your own.
Report
Dear survivor, I BELIEVE YOU. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOU ARE LOVED. I wish I could take your pain away. I know you will get through this. You made it this far and I am so proud of you. DO NOT stop fighting!!!!!! YOU ARE WORTH IT. Love, Your friend.
Report
haveing family around you tat care about you like for me its my 2 cats cat names they are always therefore, plus my brother brother name and my best friend friend name who is like a brother to me as well, plus using yoga as a way to heal both on the inside as well as the outside.
Dear reader, this message contains language of self-harm that some may find triggering or discomforting.
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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.
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