“i don’t know why
i split myself open
for others knowing
sewing myself up
hurts this much
afterwards” // milk and honey //
i am undoing youRupi Kaur, from milk and honey
from my skin
(via lifeinpoetry)
(Source: lifeinpoetry, via lifeinpoetry)
one of my favoruite poems from Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (via misplayedmermaid)i am confident i am over you. so much that some mornings i wake up with a smile on my face and my hands pressed together thanking the universe for pulling you out of me. thank god i cry. thank god you left. i would not be the empire i am today if you had stayed.
but then.
there are some nights i imagine what i might do if you showed up. how if you walked into the room this very second every awful thing you’ve ever done would be tossed out the closest window and all the love would rise up again. it would pour through my eyes as if it never really left in the first place. as if it’s been practicing how to stay silent so long only so it could be this loud on your arrival. can someone explain that. how even when the love leaves. it doesn’t leave. how even when i am so past you. i am so helplessly brought back to you.
The Basics:
Common Responses to Rape/Sexual Assault(ppt)
Survivors and the Doctors Office
Why You Aren’t Bad for Loving Your Abuser.
How to Talk About Trauma:
Talking About Trauma (ppt)
Talking About Trauma (to others)
What if they don’t believe me?
Processing New Information on Old Hurts.
If Not Rape, Then (On what to call it when you’re not ready to use the word rape)
Need Help With:
Dreams and Trauma: Frequently Asked Questions
Surviving the Holidays (ppt)
Self-Injury (ppt)
Flashbacks (ppt)
Making Peace With the Emotion Monster
On Holding Anger for Attackers
Disordered Eating, What it is and What you can do about it.
The But Series! (About various strands of Self Invalidation.)
Finding Coping Mechanisms that Work
Effective Alternative Communication
The Follower Collaborative Series:
Triggers:
On Purposely Triggering Yourself
Boundaries:
Self-Care:
BACE Method (now with venn diagrams.)
Self Care When You Lack a Sense of Self
How to Do Self Care When You Only Have A Little Bit of Time
Consent/sex:
Posts about Suicide:
Talking about Suicide (why we want to blame the suicidal and why we shouldn’t)
For Friends/Family/Partners of Survivors:
How to Help a Friend Who Has Been Raped.(ppt)
How to Help a Friend Who Has Been Through Trauma
Avoiding Awkward- How to talk about rape when we talk to survivors.(ppt)
Sometimes the easiest thing to say is the worst.
How to Listen to Trauma Stories
Being Family/Friends isn’t an excuse.
A Friend is Self Harming (ppt)
Why ‘Just Leave’ Just Doesn’t Work
Misc:
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Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.Eleanor Brownn (via twloha)
