Trauma Survivors Blog

The Importance of Validating Your Feelings

The effects of having our emotions invalidated while we’re growing up isn’t talked about enough and it can have lasting effects. This can...

Feeling Devastated After a BPD Diagnosis

I want to start off by saying that this post might apply to any number of disorders but I just speak from someone who felt this way when...

My Journey. My Story.

“You may have been a bad chapter in my story, but you do not get to write my ending. You don’t get to decide how my story ends. I get to...

To the Nurse Who Validated Me After I Was Sexually Assaulted

“I was sexually assaulted two nights ago. I want to get Plan B and have a blood panel ran.” That’s all I said. My tone was emotionless. I...

What "Please Don't Touch Me" Means to a Trauma Survivor

There are many reasons a person may not want to be touched. It doesn’t matter what those reasons are.

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