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A day in the life of anxiety and depression

May 14, 2018

Valid Leap

More times then none I doubt my progress. But then an experience happens and I finally see the giant leap I have made. For so long I didn’t believe my emotions were okay to feel; not valid enough to express. I was constantly brought down by others because my emotions are so raw and down […]

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September 27, 2017

Penn State.

Like a black and white photo, I have been thinking,living, breathing black and white. Dissociated from my life once again, I am losing hope. Sitting in penn station is probably the epitome of how I dissociate. You can sit in a chair in the corner and simply watch hoards of people walk by. Not knowing […]

Tagged anxiety, depression, dissociation, struggles with mental health. Leave a comment
June 4, 2017June 4, 2017

Compliancy

As this past week has proved immensely difficult, I’m trying to find the root cause. With the help of my therapist, we came to an eye opening conclusion. One that I agree with 100% and at the same time, one I am fearful of. Part of my recovery from trauma for the past two years […]

Tagged depression, isolation, mental health, recovery, stigma, trauma survivors. Leave a comment
May 21, 2017

Social Disease

  -Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa     A letter of apology from myself Rock turners victim and any woman who’s ever survived sexual assault I’m sorry I know truly I am Im sorry for so many things to so many people through so many times but most of all I’m sorry I believe these lies I […]

Tagged advocacy, rape culture, rape survivors, sexual abuse, trauma survivors. Leave a comment
May 20, 2017May 20, 2017

“Give the shame back”

“…raping this child all over again.” “…keeping ourselves sick through secretiveness” “…re-abuse” “….put the shame back on the cultural institutions, that are shaming girls and women.” -Ashley Judd

Tagged community, self advocacy, self awareness, sexual abuse, trauma, trauma survivors. Leave a comment
May 15, 2017May 20, 2017

A new message.

As I learn more and more about where our country is going politically and how it affects those who are trauma survivors, I am physically ill and distraught. I cant understand the logic behind our “leaders”. So I coming up with a way to speak out, in a sense. I will be posting photos, bio’s, […]

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April 30, 2017April 30, 2017

Empathy’s gonna get you

  Stumbled across this interesting article and a lot of things clicked for me. Hope it does for you too!         http://curiousmindmagazine.com/empaths-act-strange/

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