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10:42 pm thoughts.

Monster monster monster u take me u break me u bend me im nothing I float i can’t hear I can’t breathe I’m nothing I’m nothing not me just please let me be numb let me be nothing tears on the pillow I’m nothing just be quiet I’m nothing it will be over soon I’m nothing I float away I’m nothing can’t breathe can’t be it will be over soon dont think Just be still Just breathe don’t cry. Don’t be weak float above your body just watch just wait just see your nothing. Dont think just Be just wait just see monster monster monster how did I let this...

Rag doll

It was a cold night in 2019 I was at a party while on FaceTime arguing with my on again off again boyfriend of 3 years I was at the party with a mutual friend of ours in the bathroom throwing up from too much liquor as he yelled at me through the phone accusing me of having sex with men at the party in the bathroom even tho I was in there just throwing up. I told my friend I wanted to leave I was not feeling well she said ok, little did I know she was setting me up we left the party I’m in the backseat of her car In & out of it. I hear her on...

#1426

Never share your body if you're not comfortable. Your bodies are temples!

The past…

I don’t know how to heal yet. I’ve been trying but I find it hard since I always believe I’m the one to blame. I really do hope I can learn to heal.

“I really hope sharing my story will help others in one way or another and I can certainly say that it will help me be more open with my story.”

#1422

I thought he loved me and cared about me but how could that be true?
I’m was just meditating and trying to imagine my entire muscular system relaxing but it was brief and didn’t give me the relief I need then I thought about someone else I thought loved me and cared about me and he does but all I can see in him is what my ex did to me and in that moment I was saying all he did was use me for sex and that is how I was feeling. Earlier I was journaling and it came out for the first time I fell in love with a man that used me for sex and never c...

my cousin touched me while being asleep

you can get through this ur so strong xx

#1416

Healing is accepting yourself/decisions you’ve made and moving forward with life

I’m very ashamed, guilty, hurt and I am truly sorry!!!

I’m sorry that you had to experience and go through something like that!

wish there was a time machine

set boundaries, even if people get angry its better to know your worth and be alone that feeling lonely and trapped

“It can be really difficult to ask for help when you are struggling. Healing is a huge weight to bear, but you do not need to bear it on your own.”

Was unsure about this experience as a whole

Trying to make peace and go to your normal life?

#1415

I was non consensually touched near my chest by a religious healer in the name of some kind of treatment. I got aroused suddenly and I feel very guilty because in my mind a thought comes like, if he have done it for a good cause and I have experienced something sexual out of it, then I am a bad person. Deep down I know that this is not normal but I am experiencing intense guilt and started harming myself. Please help me

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#1418

A number of years on, I am still healing from my experience, but it begins to get a little easier as you build more positive memories beyond what happened to you in the past. Having a relationship that is healthy, and that we all deserve, is healing because I feel more safe now and I know my boundaries will be respected and I will be loved regardless of the level of intimacy. I am healing by enjoying experiences that make life feel worthwhile.

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Online sexual abuse

When I was in 7th grade, I met this guy. He was older than me by at least a year and I had the biggest crush on him -- he totally knew it too. I was the most insecure child which I told him. I thought he was my friend so when he told me to send him a picture, fully clothed, I trusted him and did. He told me I was pretty but that he didn't fully know because he couldn't see all of me. After more convincing, he got me to send him more photos, each time with less clothes on. The next week or so, he 'confessed' that he got horny from the photos an...

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Feel all emotions to heal all emotions

Believe in yourself
Trust have faith and never give up
FEEL IT TO HEAL IT

We all have the ability to be allies and support the survivors in our lives.

#1342

Hi. I've never done this before but I'm doing it now, because I feel like it is the next step to healing? I'm not quite sure. But I hope I can get this all out to a point where you can understand. Whenever I was about maybe 5-7, and my brother was around 11-13, he would want to play a 'game' with me. I never knew what the game was until he touched me. Inappropriately. If this is too triggering for you, please click the safety exit. He would put me in sexual positions and tell me to stay there while grinding on me. I didn't know what was happen...

NO MORE Silence, Speak Your Truth Community

Hope, passion, and PURPOSE restored

I never thought one could be truly free of addiction, emotional torment, and past trauma. It starts with the willingness to take small risks. Opening up to a friend. Attending a support group. Finding a counselor. Writing in a journal. Self-care. Simply getting out of bed in the morning.

I don't know if I'm a victim or a predator

8M (me) 11F (cousin) 12M (cousin) were at a family function just playing house (it just dawned on me that 11-12 year olds don't play house and that the only reason we played house was for this) until it was night time in which we all got in the bed I lied at the bottom of their feet as their child as they had sex in front of me not even .5 foot away from me I just hid in fear

#1340

You can get through it, but not if you do it alone. Everyone needs someone. No matter if it's a trusted individual or a hotline, reach out for help. The more you tell your story, the less power they have over you.

Sexual harassment, alive and kicking in Swedish Academia

Hope and healing are the hardest concepts when sharing my story. How can I give hope when I am still healing, when I am so angry and hurt, when I don’t know if I will ever feel safe in this world.
It is so easy to give in to despair. I did. For months, utter despair.

“You are the author of your own story. Your story is yours and yours alone despite your experiences.”

It's complicated

You are not alone, you will get through this.

NO MORE Silence, Speak Your Truth Community

You don’t have to be silent anymore.

I believe YOU.
your story matters.

Can't call it r*pe

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.

What is safe?

Being able to feel and take care of myself where no one did before. To give myself compassion and a safe space to feel my feelings.

Taken Advantage: A Young Man Over His Head

You are renewed every day of your life.

Healing is not linear. It is different for everyone. It is important that we stay patient with ourselves when setbacks occur in our process. Forgive yourself for everything that may go wrong along the way.

the feeling

I'm sorry this happened., you don't deserve this feeling. You have the rights to your body and your worth don't let anyone define your worth or take away the rights to yourself by the perverted action. Don't let anyone tell you how you should feel, seen or be heard. I accept your story, feeling and everything that you're going through right now, it matters. You matter. I know this is hard but we will get through this.

I am not Powerless

This isn’t about one incident but it’s happened so many times and how it’s android me feel. Today was hard for me my car battery died and I needed help, my youngest daughter crossed my boundaries again, and my ex did as he was supposed to helping me. I felt so ganged up in today as if I was being bullied. It seems as I sat here in my bed trying to process the day and feel what I’m feeling it hit me that it feels like hoe it feels to be raped, which is strange but almost everything seems to remind me of it. I have someone I care very much for b...

xoxo, "Nobody"

You're gonna spend a lot of days beating yourself up - Blaming yourself for the things they did.
But nothing lasts forever, not even the bad <3

Sad girl

I would like to share my story with everyone and get justice.

You are not alone

Im very sorry for what have happened . None of this is our fault , there is nothing inherent wrong with us , but it could take a long time to realise this . If I could go back time I would hug my younger self and stop her from self hurting to cope. It was absolutely painful , but it shouldn’t take away our sexuality and life from us , neither it should take away our chance to enjoy relationships and sex in a loving manners . You’re not alone .

“These moments in time, my brokenness, has been transformed into a mission. My voice used to help others. My experiences making an impact. I now choose to see power, strength, and even beauty in my story.”

Bpd is killing me

Bpd is killing me.
It's overwhelming really, feeling everything all the time all at once. Happy. Sad. Anxious. It's all the same. Each emotion plays it's part like any other person's except mine are on over drive. Anxiety doesn't know how to relax, angers continous boil overs, shames tears could fill a ocean and then there's hope sitting all by itself in the corner to afraid to show it's face waiting for a happy ending to appear Yet we never get past the first 10 chapters of life's book. Always. Reading. The. Same. Chapters. Wondering when it'...

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