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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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Inside finished

@tyme

I have someone coming with me and ask for breaks when required

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@Ru-bee

morning rubes

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@avant-garde hello friend! How is your morning going so far?

P.S. I LOVE that artwork you did

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@Ru-bee

My day is going well so far, really didn't want to get out of bed, I actually dreamed for a change, about some radio presenters... but at least it wasn't nightmares right?

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Having a break from nightmares must be a relief @avant-garde

I'm glad that you're day's going well, do you have much planned for today?

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How are you going today @avant-garde.

Thinking of you.

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@tyme

It's like when I get home my body goes "you can stop holding it together now" and I get really shaky from all the triggers that I now have time to process

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Totally! I get that!!!! It's like you do your best to hold it in all day, and when you get home, you just 'let it go'.

People around me at home used to say, "Why can you be 'good' for other people but when you come home, you're horrible". I was so hurt because it sounded like they thought I was bunging it on and could control it...

If only they knew.

What do you do to feel better when you are this way @avant-garde ?

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@tyme

I have a pulse oximeter that I use when I get home and that way my mind doesn't panic about the panic because I breathe and watch the number come down because I know I do have the skills to settle

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Nice @avant-garde . I have that on my watch, but I don't use it much. Thanks for the reminder to use it.

Have you had dinner? Would it help for you to go for a walk and fresh air?

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