#952

To me healing is an everyday process. For some people including myself, healing is not linear. Although over the course of many years I've been able to process the reality of what happened to me and fully realize that it's in the past, there are days where the mere sign of intimacy or touch send me back to my 7 year old self. Defenseless and stuck. I experience it all over again. However, I've learned that it's important to express these feelings in any way; whether it be writing, talking, creating artwork, etc. Your hurt and pain is justified...

A flame providing warmth is much more beloved than one burning a house down

It will get better. Maybe today the burden will be too heavy to carry, but slowly but surely as you drop particle by particle of it. You'll be able to fit it in a locket and forget about it. Don't ever be ashamed of yourself. Keep telling yourself to stop blaming yourself till it becomes a reality. Remember, what happened to you says more about the perpetuator than it says about you. So move on with all the strength you have in you. Ask for as much support as you need. Motivate yourself by the prospect of helping people with the same issues as...

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An Early Win in the Never Ending War

I think healing for me is very much about the restoration of freedom and the ability to exercise my power, and nurturing the parts of myself that have suffered the most from sexual violence. But there is no part that is not affected, when our bodies and our very being are under attack. As a defiantly out, loud and proud, fat queer woman I have been gleefully taking up space and challenging gender norms since I was toddler and the moving men called me Butch, much to my mother's dismay. Because I have had to do much of my healing recently in iso...

A voice you always had.

No man or woman, no diploma, no drug, no vice will heal you. God will. Pray, study, listen to the words of wisdom. Don’t believe everything you feel.

The Scars Remain, But I Rise: A Survivor's Story

For over four decades, a heavy secret festered within me. As a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a family member, the shame is felt isolated and suffocating. The silence I held onto became a prison, but a voice now compels me to break free. A voice now compels me to break free, whispering, 'It's time to write this.

Name (18 y/o at time of assault) - Reclaiming my Voice

you are NOT alone.

#944

Sexual violence is not foreign to my Black Queer body, despite my inability to always verbalize the violence that I have endured. My first experience of sexual violence started at the age of seven. Despite the trauma endured, I am resilient and the possible of healing. Throughout life I have learned the value of advocating for self and discovering true community. I am proud to share my story and to help those who desire healing just as I did/do.

It only took one painful walk into a police station to end my nightmare

I don’t know .

Once when I was 15

Believe there’s something way better

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Jesus loves you and me and He wants us to heal and He WILL punish those who harmed us in the worst way.

writing to process it

Freshman year started with the It's on Us training, all freshman packed into the basketball arena. Jokes about "drinking tea" started then and continued throughout college. He was there. Listening, making jokes about "tea."
The whole first semester we had been friends, and he had often hung out with me alone to minister to me, the heathen liberal from up north. I was lonely and was happy someone was giving me attention. It turned into a bit more than friends, but it had to be a complete secret. No one could know, no one could see me going up o...

I Thought My Body Wasn't my Own

It is not your fault. You are enough. You are worthy of healthy love.

#930

I believe in us.

we were just kids

you are what you love, not what has happened to you.

Taken

For me there was and is no healing.

#935

I know your sense of safety and trust has been damaged or revoked from. you. You deserve to experience true lobe, safety, and trust. I believe you are very strong and capable, keep on making waves in your own joinery of life. Remember you cn choose to heal from the pain, but suffering is not required. You are valid and heard, I will pray for you to receive all the love, healing, and guidance that you deserve.

Empowered and Free

May my words have the power to inspire, uplift, and encourage others who may be going through challenging times. Sharing my message of hope can help create a ripple effect of positivity and kindness. EMPOWERED WOMEN EMPOWER WOMEN.

Coming to terms

At age 15, my doctor asked me if I was sexually active. I cried and said “sort of”. When she asked me why I was crying, I told her it was because I thought it was embarrassing. I’m now realizing that I was not crying because I was embarrassed but because I was ashamed.

freshman year

Be confident, your feelings are valid, trust your heart.

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To be able to let that feeling rest. Every day I feel like I’m leaking energy. When I remember something bad and I get stressed and I feel like I have to help myself or fix the problem, it sucks my energy away. I want to build a better life for myself where I’m safer and I can enjoy life and help others. I know bad things will happen again, but I’m hoping to heal because I feel like it will help me conserve my strength and energy to make a better life.

#929

To any survivors,
I believe you. I see you. I hear you. I stand with you. You are strong. You are not dirty. It was not your fault. You are not alone.

SLIDING SCALE KETAMINE THERAPY TRAP

As my doctor said to me, "You did nothing wrong."

Victim to Perpetrator Pipeline

I feel like nobody talks about COCSA.
And I feel like no one talks about female perpetrators.
I’m not necessarily here to talk about the abuse that happened to me, but for context, I was nine and the other child was a nine year old girl.
What really haunts me is what I did after. I inflicted this pain onto someone else, I figure I was probably about 10 and she was 9. She was my mom’s friends daughter. My mom’s best friend, actually. And I’ve been thinking a lot about how much that must’ve ruined their friendship when they found out what hap...

Victim to Perpetrator Pipeline

I feel like nobody talks about COCSA.
And I feel like no one talks about female perpetrators.
I’m not necessarily here to talk about the abuse that happened to me, but for context, I was nine and the other child was a nine year old girl.
What really haunts me is what I did after. I inflicted this pain onto someone else, I figure I was probably about 10 and she was 9. She was my mom’s friends daughter. My mom’s best friend, actually. And I’ve been thinking a lot about how much that must’ve ruined their friendship when they found out what hap...

trusting the wrong person

I need to reach out i hope to heal from this. my goal is to get him locked up before this happens again. my hope is to ask god to guide me.

#924

Please background check your facilitators prior to working with them.

Normalise sexual assualt

There is always light at the end of the tunnel. There is always hope as "hope is a thing with feathers." There is help out there and there is always someone willing to listen. Things always get better in the end, there is so much more to look forward to. You are not your past trauma. There is a future out there, waiting.

#922

You are good enough, you always have been. You are not determined by what others think, say, or do.

#918

Healing means comfort and weaning off of comfort until I don’t need it anymore