Mental health

They don’t always leave when you’re breaking.Sometimes they leave when you start putting yourself back together. Healing has a way of revealing who was there for you—and who was only …

Everyone wants to talk about healing like it’s a tidy process.A quick fix. A checklist.A makeover. But here’s the truth Survivors know too well: Healing hurts.And it doesn’t just hurt …

People say it like a verdict. “She was no angel.” But I’ve sat across from women others were quick to throw away. Once they started speaking and telling me their …

There is power in a name. When you name an experience, you call it out of the shadows.When you name an injustice, you make it undeniable.When you name yourself, on …

Let’s say this out loud—for the ones still doubting themselves.For the ones grieving the loss of community, connection, or even family: You are not wrong for disconnecting from people who …

She wasn’t just expected to heal. She was expected to heal everyone around her too—without flinching, without resting, without breaking.” Why is it that when a Black woman begins her …

Let’s name it plain:Victim-blaming doesn’t protect anyone. It protects abusers. When people say: “Why didn’t she just leave?” “She must’ve done something.” “She’s just trying to ruin his life.” “Well, …

They called you difficult.Unreasonable.Too sensitive.Hard to love. But what they really meant was:You stopped making it easy for them to mistreat you. You stopped laughing at disrespect.You stopped minimizing the …

If you’re not an advocate for giving violent, manipulative, deceptive, abusive males more rights and protections—Then you need to say that.And sound like it.And act like it. Because if your …

  🖤 WeSurviveAbuse.com The internet is full of people who think that offering opinions on a Survivor’s choices is the same as offering help.It’s not. You weren’t there.You didn’t live …