shoutout to the people who have been through abuse and are trying to be better than that.
to everyone who’s going against all of their instincts telling them to shut down, and trying to communicate well anyway.
to everyone using the hashtag #metoo. to everyone who can’t use the hashtag #metoo.
to everyone who doesn’t remember what happened, but they’re trying to be careful.
to everyone who used to externalize their pain, and now are internalizing it, or vice versa, but are trying to find a balance.
to everyone who isn’t sure if they’ll ever be mentally healthy enough to have “good” relationships, but they’re trying their hardest anyway.
to everyone who apologizes really strongly when they mess up.
to everyone whose parents have given up on them, to everyone wounded by the bystander effect, to everyone who was the last one to know about their own trauma.
to everyone with physical and mental illnesses.
to everyone who’s used to being dismissed by people who should care about them, and they’re trying to take care of themselves anyway.
to everyone whose memory isn’t enough.
to everyone who’s trying to live past when they thought they would kill themselves.
to everyone who isn’t sure what happened was “bad enough.”
to everyone who needs more validation about trauma stuff but even their most supportive people are invalidating or triggering.
to everyone with a personality disorder who worries that their mental illness invalidates their abuse.
to everyone who can’t tell how much information they’re saying is oversharing because they were so used to being invalidated and then not talking.
to everyone whose therapists haven’t called it abuse, but know it was abusive.
to everyone discovering their anger after being so quiet for so long.
to everyone whose anger feels explosive.
to everyone who has really mixed feelings about the people who abused them and/or their abuse.
to everyone who has a mix of repressed memories and flashbacks.
to everyone who wants and needs to talk about their trauma, but they’re not sure who they could trust and who would be validating.
to everyone who feels repulsed by compliments about their positive characteristics.
i see you. i feel your pain. i care about you and i hope things get so much better.
stormborns
baratheonpilled
snowghoul
tangentwithtanner
izzy806
dededos
