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Talking through trauma and PTSD

Running

Running

"Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice"

My life is all about a lack of choice.

I'm alive because death would've outed him, it would have sealed his fate in prison.

TW: cultic, rape, trafficking, torture

I'm the daughter of a Satanist...

One trained to breed...

One pregnant at 6 years old...

One prostituted to whoever could afford her...

The girl her dad didn't want...

One men hired to have fun with...

One men experimented with...

One who was tortured for speaking up...

One trained for the sole purpose to please her buyer...

Regardless of age...

Still though...

One who never stayed silent...

One who broke free... twice...

One who rose up...

One who seeks to prove them wrong...

One who has been running for 15 years...

One who just needs to feel heard...

One who went through hell and survived...

That this Phoenix can rise...

She will not be burned...

She's proven that...

I have proven that...

I'm 35 and 90% of those I've been in prolonged abusive situations insufficient evidence for prosecution

A system that protects the abuser more than the survivor

And yet I still try

I don't try for me, I try for the ones after me, the ones like me, that they will see their justice

But for now I run...

From a dad that wants me silenced...

From the nightmares that plague my sleep...

From the memories that invade my mind...

From the choices made for me...

Didn't expect that to come out as poetic as it did

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Ohhh @avant-garde ,

Thanks for clarifying. That's such a bummer.

Sometimes when things like this happens, I leave it to God and say that if it works out, then good, but if it doesn't, God must have something better.

Does that thinking help?

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@tyme not yet

It will eventually, but that falls more in the "help" camp than the "heard" camp right now. Most of the time I just need to feel like I'm not alone in this, that it's completely normal for me to be shocked right now.

To sit with me instead of trying to pull me forward, if that makes sense

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Totally hear you @avant-garde

Hugs. Thank you for your honesty, transparency and resilience.

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*runs to @Jynx crying*

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@avant-garde *scoops you into hug*

Aww hun it's gonna be ok, I gotchu

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@Jynx I'm not liking all this change right now, it's too hard

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@avant-garde aye change is always extra rough for those of us with trauma history hey. What sorts of changes are you managing atm?

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@Jynx

  1. Social worker
  2. Friday art class
  3. Only female neighbour moved out

Then let's throw in the stupid quacking card from last year's abuser

And it's my younger brothers birthday tomorrow

So yes I'm flipping dandelions

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@avant-garde oh gosh yeah that's a lot!! 'Flipping dandelions' haha haven't heard that one before but paints an image!!

Ach hun, it is rough having so many big disruptions and things to emotionally process. Can only take it one step at a time, ay. Alas.

Hugs hun 🫂🫂

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I wish people understood @Jynx it hurts so much when they don't, it hurts when they don't see what I see and choose to give the benefit of the doubt when I see the signs so clearly...

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