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one_voice

(20,043 posts)
4. Take your time..
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 09:22 PM
Mar 2013

talk about what you're comfortable talking about. If you're not comfortable, maybe you can find strength and healing in someone elese's story of healing. No one is required to talk and no one will judge you. Take your time, your voice will come to you.

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DU wants this to be a place of healing, comfort, and safety. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #1
I was raped when I was 11 and there were many things I did that were wrong angstlessk Mar 2013 #3
It is so sad how people can react the wrong way even thought they love us. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #5
I am sorry for your trauma.. angstlessk Mar 2013 #7
Well they guy who did it passed away in his late 20's because in his earlier 20's he contracted hrmjustin Mar 2013 #8
WOW you are a kind person to forgive him angstlessk Mar 2013 #9
You can forgive as a part of your healing process. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #10
Unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of choice about my mother - Ms. Toad Mar 2013 #11
I imagine it is like a pit in your stomach when you are on the phone sometimes. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #12
More that I avoid making phone calls thatare likely to be emotional Ms. Toad Mar 2013 #16
I would say that is the same as my mother saying 'wash that filth off of your body' angstlessk Mar 2013 #13
Yes. Ms. Toad Mar 2013 #17
Well I strongly support people subjected to the crime of sexual abuse in any form MichiganVote Mar 2013 #2
Take your time.. one_voice Mar 2013 #4
My rape did not just happen angstlessk Mar 2013 #14
There's no pressure. LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #6
I want to tell my story..but with all the background it entails angstlessk Mar 2013 #15
it took me a long time to get the courage to post olddots Apr 2013 #18
Hi olddots! Sissyk Apr 2013 #19
Your thread is still here... one_voice Apr 2013 #20
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