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originally published 11/20/2015  To tell your story, you are going to need the details of your stories. No one can tell your story like you can.  Survivors have some of …

I’m Terrified to Tell You that I’m a Rape Survivor Because I’m Afraid You’re Going to Judge Me Negatively, Deny My Experience, and Care More About Not Having Your Favorite …

  When a woman says, “I want to be married and have children someday.” She doesn’t mean nightmarish scenarios like the one below.    Because THIS is what we do …

Letter from Birmingham Jail  By Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 16 April 1963 “First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the …

  I believe that watching and reading stories about abuse of power and indoctrination should be required for people; even more so if you’ve ever been abused and/or manipulated.  It’s …

Updated for WeSurviveAbuse.com, 2025 Let’s return to this uncomfortable truth: when victims of sexual violence recant, it is often not because the crime didn’t happen.It’s because the world they’ve been …

By a Survivor Who Now Understands Why the Caged Bird Sings I’ve always been a voracious reader. Since as far back as I can remember, my mother required that all …

Glad to see that we are in a season of listening to the powerful voices of Survivors.  Excellent!  What is most unfortunate is that there are so many out there. …