@Astro_yyz Thank you. Nobody deserves to be treated like a sex toy or punching bag. We need to normalize talking about DV/SA so people aren't ashamed to speak up.

@Oma_Trisha @Astro_yyz Glad you have the courage and wisdom to face the hurts that were inflicted on you
You are indeed a stellar person

Blessings to you in every step

@raouf @Astro_yyz Thank you.

@TheEyeOfBalor thank you for the encouragement! It's not always an easy thing to do, but we have to stop pretending this kind of stuff doesn't happen.

@Oma_Trisha @TheEyeOfBalor Very brave of you. The stigma is better but still has a long way to go. Blessed be.

@VenomousHeroine @TheEyeOfBalor
Thank you. The best way to get rid of the stigma is to stop avoiding the discussion. By normalizing it we decrease the senseiven mystery surrounding it, which makes it less deniable.

@Oma_Trisha @VenomousHeroine
💯 👊

@VenomousHeroine @TheEyeOfBalor

What the fuck is that word??????

Sense of mystery, I think.....

I don't remember using my vape pen. Why am I talking like I'm stoned? 🤣🤣🤣

Fucking covid.

@Oma_Trisha @TheEyeOfBalor 😅😅

@Oma_Trisha
Been there and have the scars to prove it, so I KNOW where you're coming from.
As you already know, the road to healing can only be accomplished by "walking over the hot coals" of our trauma(s.)
I acknowledge your journey, and encourage you to keep walking the path, my friend, because Freedom lives on the other end of it!! ✊

@TheEyeOfBalor
Thank you! Those coals burn the hell out of my feet sometimes, but I'm hoping the prints I leave behind encourage others. We need to stop pretending it doesn't happen, minimizing the damage it causes in a generational way, and perpetuating it by ignoring it. If that means I have to get gross and crude and graphic, then that's what I'll do. I have no secrets to hide. Not any longer.

@Oma_Trisha
Personal Freedom waits on the other side of those coals, in my experience.
#OneWay

@TheEyeOfBalor

I'm pretty damn close. I'm at the point now where what most other people think of me really doesn't matter any longer. That only took 60 years......

@CajunBlueAZ1 I try to remind myself of how far I've come. It helps on those days when I want to hate myself because I failed at something. I tried to remember the goal is not perfection, but progress. I'm glad it encourages you.

@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN

Thank you.

@Warpspeed1

Thank you.

I am a work in progress. I will always be a work in progress. I have days where I do well, and days like today where something unexpected triggers me and I fucking flip out. It's part of the healing process and actually a good sign, because you can't heal in an unhealthy environment.

@NiveusLepus

Thank you. I'm actually rewriting the book I finished last year about this time because it seems too cold to me now, too full of facts while lacking personal experiences and the feelings associated with them. People can look up statistics on the Internet by themselves. What they need to know is what survivors have experienced. Some of them may not even realize that what they're living through is an abusive situation. I didn't realize how toxic the church was until I left.

@Oma_Trisha In my own experience I have found how much clearer things can be in the rear view mirror.