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Stories from survivors across the globe plus a few educational pieces from the HER team too.

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Get Rid Of Guilt And Shame By Acting Opposite To It

Get Rid Of Guilt And Shame By Acting Opposite To It

When dealing with shame, the best form of opposite action is to address it.

-KelseyFlanagan

Heal, RestoreKelseyFlanaganOctober 6, 2020We Are HERDialectical Behavior Therapy, Guilt, emotional work, therapyComment

DBT- How You Can Use Dialectics to Validate Your Emotions

DBT- How You Can Use Dialectics to Validate Your Emotions

Find your truth in accepting that what has happened is over, and that you can move forward and heal from this.

-KelseyFlanagan

Heal, RestoreKelseyFlanaganSeptember 22, 2020We Are HERDialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, therapy, sexual abuse, validation, mental health, healingComment

The We Are HER Podcast: S2E2 Meet Nicole from the Midwest

The We Are HER Podcast: S2E2 Meet Nicole from the Midwest

Meet Nicole. After breaking up with her college boyfriend, it took Nicole a while before she could call what happened sexual assault. Here's her story of confiding in her best friend, telling her parents what happened, and how she's healing in unconventional ways.

Sexual Assault, Becoming HERADMINJuly 22, 2020sexual assualt, podcast, we are her, survivor, therapy, disclosingComment

Looking for the Lion

Looking for the Lion

Trauma turns you into a maladaptively-wired zebra. The lion leaves, but you remain on high alert. -as_i_sit_in_silence

HealAs_I_Sit_in_SilenceMarch 26, 2020We Are Herresponse, therapy, boundaries, mental health, healing journeyComment

Unresolved Issues from Inner Childhood

Unresolved Issues from Inner Childhood

Have you ever had some memories on a constant loop? Like an old record that keeps playing the same song? And you try to stop it but it keeps on playing.

-KellyMaida

Heal, EmpowerKellyMaidaMarch 3, 2020We Are Herhealing, child survivor, therapy, self care, cycle of abuse, trauma, forgivenessComment

Losing Things from the Past: Part 2

Losing Things from the Past: Part 2

Emotional Abuse, Physical AbuseNAMASTE ALLDAYSeptember 26, 2019abuse, domestic abuse, domestic violence, family, father, healing, past, recovery, survivor, terrorized, therapyComment

I Had A Dream About My Dad

I Had A Dream About My Dad

Sexual AssaultNAMASTE ALLDAYAugust 28, 2019Childhood, childhood abuse, childhood sexual abuse, dream, family, father, identity, Memories, question, sexual assault, therapy Comment

Sad Forever: Let's Talk About Depression

Empower, HealRawArmorAugust 27, 2019battle, depression, help, lauv, mental health, mental illness, Music, song, survive, survivor, therapy, youtubeComment

7 Things Depression Loves About You

7 Things Depression Loves About You

Becoming HERNotDefinedByMyPastAugust 6, 2019cycles, depression, isolation, loved ones, self care, self love, self worth, suicide, survivor, therapy Comment

I am HER: What I Learned from a Little Girl

I am HER: What I Learned from a Little Girl

Sexual AssaultsheismeJuly 15, 2019Childhood, childhood abuse, childhood sexual abuse, drugs, healing, Journey, physical violence, rape, sexual assualt, story, survivor, therapist, therapyComment

We Are Worthy of Love

We Are Worthy of Love

Emotional Abuse, Physical AbuseNotDefinedByMyPastJune 11, 2019Childhood, childhood abuse, family, father, heal, mother, parents, survivor, therapy, worthyComment

Better

Better

Heal, Physical AbuseAs_I_Sit_in_SilenceJune 10, 2019better, counselor, domestic violence, poem, survivor, therapist, therapy, traumaComment

A Guideline on How to Get Mad at Your Abuser

A Guideline on How to Get Mad at Your Abuser

Emotional Abuse, Heal, Physical AbuseNAMASTE ALLDAYMay 29, 2019abuser, aggression, anger, emotions, father, heal, love, self worth, therapy Comment

Everything That Has Happened, Has Brought Me Here

Everything That Has Happened, Has Brought Me Here

Campus Assaultbeth_cApril 30, 2019abuse, advocate, anniversary, boyfriend, college, New York City, psychic, rape, self harm, sexual assault, therapyComment

My Ten Year Long Nightmare Wasn't Just a Nightmare After All

My Ten Year Long Nightmare Wasn't Just a Nightmare After All

Sexual AssaultAugustMarieApril 16, 2019anger, assault, childhood sexual abuse, CSA, dissociation, God, Memories, nightmare, sexual assault, therapy, traumaComment

Another Survivor Helped Me Through My Healing Journey

Another Survivor Helped Me Through My Healing Journey

Heal, Sexual AssaultNAMASTE ALLDAYFebruary 27, 2019battle, choice, heal, hurt, Instagram, mental health, pain, recovery, secret, self harm, SLAF, strong like a fighter, therapyComment

I Want to Talk About My Battle With Self-Harm

I Want to Talk About My Battle With Self-Harm

Heal, Sexual AssaultNAMASTE ALLDAYFebruary 12, 2019abuse, cutting, family, help, mental health, self harm, taboo, teenager, therapyComment

Finding A Voice: Taking My Abuser to Court

Finding A Voice: Taking My Abuser to Court

Sexual AssaultMarleeFebruary 11, 2019Childhood, court, empower, heal, hearing, neighbor, sexual assault, therapy, trial, young girlComment

Facing the Abuse Head-On in Therapy

Facing the Abuse Head-On in Therapy

Emotional Abuse, Financial Abuse, Physical AbuseNAMASTE ALLDAYJanuary 8, 2019abuse, blog, Childhood, empower, family, father, heal, help, parent, restore, story, survivor, therapist, therapyComment

Let’s Talk About PTSD

Let’s Talk About PTSD

Heal, Sexual AssaultstronglikeafighterOctober 29, 2018abuse, empower, female empowerment, girl, heal, hurt, PTSD, restore, therapy, traumaComment