Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual assault and rape. My story is very long and it comes in traumatic waves. I have overcome so much in my 55 years of life, but the one...
Stories
Every woman and every girl inspires us. We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it. As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome. Let's celebrate their triumphs!
Hi! My name’s Chef Chriso, So in a nutshell! I’m an ex alcoholic and addict who’s battled with addictions and mental illness for years . Having bit of a rough start to life , and after finally finding a program of recovery , I...
I have planned a journey of 180 km on bike.My mood was really good i left around 1pm to get a heads up on my journey, Which was hardly a 4 hrs journey.Everthing was going smooth.After 30 km things start changing.Now it was raining heavily later...
TO THE GIRL I LOVE PS. I have changed the names for purposes Hope U enjoy, I understand if you are confused, because I was at first too! It all started in the year, 2023. It had been 5 years since we last saw eachother. I came to your house...
Hello. I am a 12 year old girl in 7th grade. As I grew up I found out more about my past. I am adopted. When I tell people that they say, ‘Oh I’m so sorry!’ or, ‘oh! You are?’ when there is nothing to be sad about...
Hello my name is Grant, I was in 2004, I have experience bullying for my autism I hope that autism will eventually be more except as a whole. Also have currently going to therapy for my mental health I survived my attempts to take my own life...
Hi My name is Chris but my friends call me Chrissie. This is my story…. I am one of 5 children 2 sisters, 2 brothers, I am the middle child. Growing up I was a teen mom that broke through boundaries and graduated high school with two...
My story starts two and a half years ago. I went to the ER for a medical condition and ended up being sexually assaulted. As you can imagine that is not the course I thought my medical examination would go. After reporting it to the hospital, I...
As a teenager in high school I was often tease For being the church girl. The skirt girl is what they will say Deteriorating my confidence everyday at the age of 13 years old never Being able to fit in. There were clicks in high school And no...
Again and again I went through that pain. I lost my sense of trust in people. I was absolutely afraid to go out in the evenings. And I began to doubt every man that passed me. ~ Photo credit: Images provided by Footage and by the storyteller.