Category: Mental Wellness and Healing
The Healing Isn’t in the Headlines. It’s in the Listening
There is a rhythm that the media loves:Shock. Outrage. Silence.A Survi [...]
They Can’t Always Find the Right Words. But They Still Deserve to Be Heard.
Sometimes Survivors speak in whispers.Sometimes in long pauses, in sha [...]
I Don’t Need Graphic Pain to Know We Survive
✍🏽 By Tonya GJ Prince | WeSurviveAbuse.com
There’s a quiet knowing am [...]
They Know What They’re Doing: Why Abusers Target Neurodivergent People—Especially in Love
Let’s talk about something that far too often stays in the shadows:
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When Safety Isn’t Simple: How Domestic Violence Hits Differently for People with Neurodivergence
Tonya GJ Prince | We Survive Abuse
There’s something the wo [...]
20 Common Misconceptions About When and Why Survivors “Should Be Over the Pain”
Our nervous system doesn't comprehend "forgive & forget."
We c [...]
🔥 Black Women Didn’t Just Get Here—We Dragged Ourselves Through Fire to Arrive
You may have heard it said:“Black women are the most educated group in [...]
Inclusion Should Never Cost Girls Their Safety
April is child abuse awareness month.
When politicians twist the la [...]
The Truth About External Validation: What It Builds, It Can Destroy
The Queen is the most powerful piece on the chess board.
We all nee [...]
🛑 Tokenism Is Not Liberation: Why Hate Groups Tokenize Black Women
Some groups want our rhythm, our language, our beauty—but not our just [...]