Finding Freedom: Escaping Abuse and Reclaiming My Voice
My abuse started at a very young age by someone I loved and was meant to trust in life. He was large, scary, and mean. At age 6, it started with physical violence, and it progressed to sexual assault as I got older in life. My abuser trapped me until I fought for my life, […]
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From Survivor to Speaker: My Journey Through 16 Years of Childhood Trauma and Beyond
I am a survivor of nearly 16 years of childhood trauma, neglect and sexual abuse. I grew up in a single mother household. My father spent most of my life in prison. With a single mother and three kids, we spent a lot of time bouncing around different houses and babysitters. Around age 5, I […]
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I’m Taking Back Control: Reclaiming My Story from Child Sexual Abuse and Shame
I am working very hard to be the person I can be proud of! I have a looong way to go before I’m there, but I have hope that I will get there. I was abused by my father for many years, starting at the age of six. My sibling was also involved. My mental […]
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I Found My Voice Through Art, Poetry & Self-Belief
My breakthrough moment would be when I started to heal my childhood trauma. I started believing in myself and that I could have the life I had dreamed of. I looked into podcasts on mental health and listened to other survivors. When I was able to take the pain and go on a journey of […]
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From Silence to Strength: My Journey Healing Childhood Trauma
Surviving childhood sexual trauma from age five on wasn’t the easy road, but today I am working my way to recovery. No child should have to endure these traumatic experiences, and no adult should have to hide from their past. After years of keeping quiet and hiding my truths, I finally found help and bridged […]
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Finding My Strength: How Healing Helped Me Reclaim My Life
I am a sexual abuse survivor! I am someone who has been abused by two close relatives, people who I thought were supposed to protect me. That wasn’t the case, and I didn’t realize until I got older that what they did wasn’t right. The abuse started when I was about five years old and […]
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The Power in Permission: How One Small Act Helped Me Heal
I never in a million years would have considered that a doctor asking me permission to touch my body would have such a profound effect on me. A little bit of backstory—when I was 8 years old, I was sexually abused by a very close family member. It is someone who is still in my […]
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Finding Strength Through Faith, Recovery, and Love
I’m a survivor of mental and physical abuse. I have been a rape victim/survivor from age 18 months to 19 years old. I was dealt with cards that were stacked against me. I overcame, I fought. And even though those memories will always be there with me, I know that God has always watched out […]
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