February 2012
Drunk drunk drunk. It’s old Ashley! Recklessss
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I think I'm going to start
a healing journal. I have an art journal where I do a lot of small art projects aimed towards healing, but I think I’m going to get a composition notebook and begin listing out my triggers, writing out my nightmares, create safety lists, reasons to live, ect.
I realize there are a lot of things I need to heal from, a lot of which I haven’t dealt with properly from when I was growing...
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] People in your support system trust your...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] A support system is only effective when...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] Of course, if helping others has been a...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] There comes a time when what you feel...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“In ancient times people weren’t simply male or female, but one of three...”
– Haruki Murakami (Kafka On the Shore)
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Tonight has been really hard
“Sometimes it’s hardest to reach out when you need it the most, but give yourself...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
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“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] Being liked, loved, and appreciated has...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] When someone pays you a compliment, try...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] Rationalizing protects the abuser and...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
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“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] Most survivors are cope-aholics, people...”
– Repressed Memories - A Journey of Recovery from Sexual Abuse by Renee Fredrickson, PH.D. (via healingquote)
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“If you have bipolar disorder, the help and support of your family and friends can be invaluable. If they know that you have the condition and understand what it is about, they can recognise when your behaviour is out of character and encourage you to seek help.
Your family and friends can also talk to you about your illness and provide you with comfort and support when you are having an...
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] Survivors have an uncanny capacity to...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] Survivors sometimes isolate themselves...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“[Trigger Warning: Healing From Trauma] Some survivors avoid intimacy in less...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
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“The most effective way to deal with panic is to catch it early. Once a panic...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquote)
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via girlinlondon)
I just had to walk out of my class because I was afraid I was going to pass out in the middle of it and then ended up having to rush into a stall before I could projectile vomit mostly in the toilet and then collapse on the floor. I didn’t think I was going to be able to make it to my car so I had to call my best friend and ask her to come take me home. At this point I began to cause a moral...
“The silence when I hold you to my chest,
the silence of the window above us,...”
– Billy Collins, from “Silence” (via proustitute)
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Good Morning
I am the weakest most perishable thing. I will wait all night for your good mornings ready to say hullo waking up too late to say anything at all.
My mind projects a different picture from reality. So many I cans and I wills. When will we realize I’m just a silly little girl? I can nots and I could nots fall from my eyes. I’m just a mess in the corner with skinned knees and torn...
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I’m really trying to work on my anxiety. I keep saying this but it’s really making me hate myself and everything I do and say.
I don’t know how to fix this. I feel like I can’t do anything right by my own standards. Let me better explain myself, I suppose. I wake up every day and wait to see what my mood is. Usually, it starts off fine. I wake up maybe happy, like I...