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Breaking Down and Moving On
Buying My Own Car (Finally) Some women mark milestones with flowers or jewelry. Me? I will be marking mine with a new (to me) car. Not because I wanted to. Because life forced me to. Let me take you back a few months: I was driving my faithful-but-fragile 2003 Mercedes. She was old, tired, and…
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Tech Troubles, Triggers, and Taking Control: A Survivor’s Journey
When you have survived abuse – technology isn’t neutral and can cause reoccurring trauma long after the abuse itself has stopped.It’s not just phones and apps and passwords—it’s the memory of being tracked. Controlled. Hacked. Watched. Silenced. It’s the anxiety that spikes when your screen lights up at midnight. It’s the sick feeling in your…
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Poetry Helped Heal Me
When I couldn’t speak the pain—I bled it onto the page I still find it hard some days to explain how I feel. Where therapy sessions open my wounds faster than I can heal them. When the silent screams inside my head won’t silence after a trauma trigger. And then I went to a Poerty…
