What No One Tells You About Trauma
"You become someone who has a before and after. You become someone who has been unmistakably altered."
Topic: abuse
Breaking Free of Silence and Shame
“Even when I have denied it, trauma has been as real and powerful a force as gravity in my life.”
Maybe I Have Become the Woman I Needed
“Where were the everyday women talking about childhood trauma and, more importantly, life after?”
Our Little Secret
Shame is often rooted in lies we believe about ourselves. For an abuse survivor, it is especially entrenched in the lie that we are somehow to blame for the pain we have experienced.
You Are The Light
Your journey is not just about coming out of the darkness, for darkness is all around you. Your journey is going back into the light.
Being Real About Trauma Symptoms
“I want to be able to say and hear others talking about the important and unglamorous healing of developmental trauma.”
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2014
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2014
I Finally Get It
I tell my students there will always be these kinds of people, the people who do not believe what they have to say.
Growing Into Beautiful
I used to be so afraid. Now I tend to simply see myself as a work in progress and respect my own evolution.
Community of Care
As you invite more people to join you on your journey, you’ll find that your steps get lighter.
A Broken Work of Art
“I’ve both vocalized and internalized a belief that I am a lesser person because of the ways that I’ve struggled … And none of this is true.”
Living a New Language
What do words like “depression” or “abuse” mean to you? One woman shares her understanding of these terms—and the new words she’s learned to overcome them.
