Self-Harm

You’re not alone

My life never was as perfect as in the movies. I’m a new generation to this world who still is trying to find myself. Mu childhood was like anyother family. We did trips together, spent...

sexual assault.

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood sexual assault and descriptions of self-harm. i just want someone to know, someone random...

Broken Glass

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions and details of self-harm. Tw*self-harm* please do not harm yourself in any way I want to tell you my...

A Messy Truth

My mom met my stepfather when I was 4 1/2 almost 5 years old she met him in 2009 got engaged in 2010 and has been engaged since then. He basically raised me because my father moved states...

Adulthood Before Childhood

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape and other experiences of sexual assault. She doesn’t know what the definition of...

Birth trauma

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape This is my story, a story I have bottled up inside me for the last 5 years. I...

Forgive Yourself

I wanted to focus on self-forgiveness, for blaming ourselves for justifying and normalizing violence. I think [violence] is often happening in our society, but I think a lot of...

Prove Them Wrong

I want to start by putting up a trigger warning, my story talks about subjects that might be hard or triggering for some. My name is Em and my battle with mental illness started at a young...

I survived 3 years of postpartum hell

My husband and I fell in love with our little girl from the moment we first saw her. The first few months flew by and I gave very little thought about how I was coping emotionally. It was...