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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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Oh yay! Let's just take another "choice" away from her! Let's just make it a whole church outreach activity and not give them the choice!

I've done so many different outreach courses and I won't even be able to eat the food anyway! They made that blatantly obvious last time by giving me a plate of lettuce! I'm not a rabbit!

I'm taking KFC and they can shove it.

If I have to sit there and watch a stupid video, be assigned a stupid group with again no choice with who I get flipping stuck with then I'm going to take advantage of the one choice I do have, what I eat for lunch and rub it in their faces.

@tyme

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(read this post first)

It just hit me... the pj's I got today... how redeeming it was for me...

TW: abuse & control

Content/trigger warning
I was always just given what to wear, this colour, that outfit, that dress, everything they picked meant something to my colourful variety of abusers...
but I got nice pajamas today that no one else picked for me, that didn't please anyone but me, because I liked them, and they're mine...

@Jynx @rav3n

@tyme

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Will anyone see this wounded Phoenix....

...apparently not

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Are you okay hun @avant-garde ?

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No! I'm not ok!

I've felt unseen, unheard and alone for days! Even on here!

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Hey @avant-garde I can’t stay for long but I am here with you

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Hey @avant-garde , sorry to hear you feel unseen and unheard.

Have you been able to connect with any other members or people in real life?

Do you still have art groups? I remember you saying that they were going to stop the groups or something?

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@tyme

No because real life is worse right now

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I hate how people seem to think I'm ok, I'm fine, I don't need to cater for her, I don't need to care about her, she's too high maintenance, she's too much trouble, she doesn't care, she's too different, she'll be fine with that, we don't need to tell her, we don't need to warn her, her allergies aren't that bad, she can eat that, we don't need to check for her, she's fine

Too many excuses when they cause me pain and no apologies

Won't anyone hear this flightless phoenix...

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@avant-garde *waves gently*

want to chat about the above hun?

I'm just making my way through my notifications. Much to catch up on!! But wanted to let you know you weren't alone 💜

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