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5 Crucial Words Sexual Abuse Survivors Need To Hear: It is Not Your Fault

Living
July 12, 2021
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By Her View From Home

5 Crucial Words Sexual Abuse Survivors Need To Hear: It is Not Your Fault

I am currently in my late 30s. When I was five or six, I was molested by a family member…

I Don’t Want My Daughters To Share These Scars of Abuse

Kids, Motherhood
April 5, 2021
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By Jasmine Davis

I Don’t Want My Daughters To Share These Scars of Abuse

Trigger warning: This post discusses domestic violence Long after my husband fell asleep, I lay in bed crying as quietly…

Abuse is Hard; Speaking Up is Even Harder

Living
March 4, 2021
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By Her View From Home

Abuse is Hard; Speaking Up is Even Harder

**Trigger Warning: Discusses Childhood Sexual Abuse** More often than not, when people learn I grew up in a large family,…

Surviving the Emotional Abuse of My Narcissistic Mother Made Me Stronger

Living
January 24, 2021
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By Randi Latzman

Surviving the Emotional Abuse of My Narcissistic Mother Made Me Stronger

Trigger Warning: Abuse This post is incredibly hard to write because I am sharing something private and very painful. This…

The Sobering Reason I Always Lock My Door

Living
August 28, 2020
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By Kristen Gardiner

The Sobering Reason I Always Lock My Door

I closed my front door after picking up a package and locked it. I always lock my door. It's a…

I Am the Mom Who Couldn’t Protect Her Daughter

Grief
November 20, 2019
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By Her View From Home

I Am the Mom Who Couldn’t Protect Her Daughter

Editor's Note: This post discusses sexual abuse I am the mom. I am the mom who thought she could keep…

Rising Up From the Abuse I Endured At the Hands Of My Father

Journal
January 27, 2018
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By Her View From Home

Rising Up From the Abuse I Endured At the Hands Of My Father

The room was cold and dreary. The attorney sitting across from me at his fancy, nicked desk made sure I…

10 Things You Should Know about Survivor Abuse

Grief
July 29, 2015
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By Her View From Home

10 Things You Should Know about Survivor Abuse

There is an old Native American saying that goes like this, “Don’t judge a man until you have walked two…

September 12, 2009 – I was victimized and forever changed.

Grief, Journal
July 2, 2015
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By Jennifer Smith

September 12, 2009 – I was victimized and forever changed.

Everybody has something dark in their past which has changed them. Every person has something they don't like talking about…

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Cancer
March 4, 2015
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By Rebecca Wells

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Almost exactly a year ago at age 43, I was told the words “I’m afraid you have colorectal cancer.” It…

Cancer, Grief
February 4, 2015
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By Rebecca Wells

Done With Chemo. Now What?

[caption id="attachment_54779" align="alignright" width="237"] nasty, nasty barium[/caption] Almost a month after ringing the bell to signal the end of five…

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5 Crucial Words Sexual Abuse Survivors Need To Hear: It is Not Your Fault

I Don’t Want My Daughters To Share These Scars of Abuse

Abuse is Hard; Speaking Up is Even Harder

Surviving the Emotional Abuse of My Narcissistic Mother Made Me Stronger

The Sobering Reason I Always Lock My Door

I Am the Mom Who Couldn’t Protect Her Daughter

Rising Up From the Abuse I Endured At the Hands Of My Father

10 Things You Should Know about Survivor Abuse

September 12, 2009 – I was victimized and forever changed.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Done With Chemo. Now What?

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