Tag: Sexual Assault
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From Victim to Survivor: Reclaiming My Strength After Trauma
After my trauma, I never really thought of myself as a survivor. It’s not lost on me that I easily could have died that night (and that I am beyond lucky to be home and safe). But just because I could have, doesn’t mean I almost did or anything, right? So I guess you could… read more
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The Role of Forgiveness in Healing
Read Time: Est. 8 Minutes A Moment of True Peace Near the beginning of January, a perfect conglomeration of events-all coming together at exactly the right time-brought me to what felt like a true acceptance, peace, and understanding. It was in this moment that I felt I had fully integrated the trauma that had made… read more
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Healing From a Recent Trauma You Don’t Remember
Read Time: EST 10-12 Minutes To be honest I really don’t even know how to start this one. How do I find the right words to start what will probably be one of the most important posts I will ever write? How Do You Begin to Heal Without Answers? Confronted with the reality of my… read more
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The Many Layers of Acceptance in Trauma Healing
Content Warning: This piece explores themes of trauma, grief, and self-acceptance, including references to rape, intrusive memories or imagery, and emotional numbness. If you’re in a vulnerable place, please read with care and take breaks if needed. You are not alone. 💙 Read Time: Est: 14-16 Minutes The Layers of Acceptance: A Journey, Not a… read more
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Walls as A Trauma Defense Mechanism
Read Time: EST 5-7 Minutes The Walls: A Protective Defensive Coping Mechanism Among the defensive coping mechanisms I’ve observed, one of the most unsettling has been what I call “the walls.” These mental barriers rise up around my traumatic memories, separating me from the overwhelming reality of what happened. When the walls are in place,… read more
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The Polyvagal Theory: Understanding Our Threat Responses
Read Time: Est 10-12 Minutes Trauma Responses: The Ancient Predilection to Survive Trauma affects people in a wide variety of ways, with responses ranging across a spectrum from fight and flight to freeze and shutdown. Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory sheds light on the biological systems that drive these observable behaviors, revealing how our autonomic… read more
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Grieving the Death of the Person I Was
Content Warning: This piece explores themes of trauma, grief, and self-acceptance, including references to suicide, emotional numbness, and self-doubt. If you’re in a vulnerable place, please read with care and take breaks if needed. You are not alone. 💙 Hey Guys. Is that my voice I hear echoing out in the ether? whatever. I wanted… read more
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Searching for Meaning When it Looks Like There is None
I used to think that everything happened for a reason, and I’ve always gone through life looking for the good in bad situations. This was no different—I guess I was just searching for any kind of indication that there was some sort of cosmic meaning or lesson to this terrible thing that I had gone… read more
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