Chanel M.
Hold up your head when the tears come, when you are mocked, insulted, questioned, threatened, when they tell you you are nothing… The journey will be longer than you imagined, trauma will find you again and again. Do not become the ones who hurt you. Stay tender with your power.
Trauma · Resilience Shared anonymously We’re trained to be the ones who show up. Not the ones who fall apart. The culture doesn’t leave a lot of room for that. I saw things I can’t unsee. I lost colleagues. I went home to my family and tried to be normal. For fourteen years I thought…
Cultural · Trauma Shared by James O. My grandmother survived things I can’t fully imagine. She never talked about them. She also never talked about the ways those things lived in her body, her parenting, her silences — and then in mine. Learning about intergenerational trauma didn’t make me angry at her. It made me…
Recovery · Mental Health Shared anonymously Everyone talks about recovery like it’s a straight line. You get sober, you stay sober, you’re better. Nobody talks about what happens when you don’t. When you make it two years and then don’t. When you have to start the count over and wonder if the shame will kill…
Mental Health · Resilience “I didn’t need someone to fix me. I needed someone to sit with me in it without flinching. That’s what made the difference.” — Anonymous contributor For eleven years I told everyone I was fine. I got good at it. I smiled at the right moments, used the right words, kept…
Danielle B. Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated, the silent screams continue internally.
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