Survivor Stories on the HER Blog — We Are HER

Stories from survivors across the globe plus a few educational pieces from the HER team too.

I Do Not Have To Like You to Love You

I Do Not Have To Like You to Love You

Emotional AbuseDharmaNerdFebruary 14, 2019emotional abuse, girlfriend, heal, hurt, lgbtq, love, mental health, PTSD, toxic relationship, triggerComment

I Want to Talk About My Battle With Self-Harm

I Want to Talk About My Battle With Self-Harm

Heal, Sexual AssaultNAMASTE ALLDAYFebruary 12, 2019abuse, cutting, family, help, mental health, self harm, taboo, teenager, therapyComment

Finding A Voice: Taking My Abuser to Court

Finding A Voice: Taking My Abuser to Court

Sexual AssaultMarleeFebruary 11, 2019Childhood, court, empower, heal, hearing, neighbor, sexual assault, therapy, trial, young girlComment

Healing Is A Journey Worth Taking

Healing Is A Journey Worth Taking

Sexual AssaultTamaraHamilFebruary 7, 2019abuse, Childhood, childhood sexual abuse, children, empower, heal, love, mother, sexual assaultComment

How Could You Do This to Me?

How Could You Do This to Me?

HealNAMASTE ALLDAYFebruary 6, 2019boundaries, confusion, feelings, grief, hurt, leaving, love, Me Too, poem, speakComment

Keep Pushing

Keep Pushing

Sexual Assaultkeep_pushingFebruary 4, 2019blog, brave, friends, heal, Journey, power, rape, restore, sexual assault, strengthComment

Being Back With My Ex

Being Back With My Ex

Emotional Abuse, Heal, Sexual Assaultthe_girl_from_the_fireJanuary 29, 2019abuser, boyfriend, ex, ex-boyfriend, heal, hospital, hurt, love, poem, survivor, trapped, young girlComment

The Russian Cosmonaut

The Russian Cosmonaut

Emotional Abuse, HealAs_I_Sit_in_SilenceJanuary 27, 2019Another Earth, awareness, behavior, emotional abuse, heal, hurt, love, movie, quotes, Russian Cosmonaut, survive, youtube Comments

Dear Mom: It Was Never Your Fault

Dear Mom: It Was Never Your Fault

Emotional Abuse, Financial Abuse, Heal, Physical AbuseNAMASTE ALLDAYJanuary 22, 2019adolescent, blame, damage, denial, domestic violence, family, fault, letter, mental health, Mom, mother, PTSD, red flags, survivorComment

Feminism Is Definitely Still Necessary: A Perspective from Europe

Feminism Is Definitely Still Necessary: A Perspective from Europe

Empower, RestoreNAMASTE ALLDAYJanuary 16, 2019abuse, blog, change, doctor, equality, female, female empowerment, feminism, feminist, gender, harm, perspective, pride, rape, riddle, sexual assault, violenceComment

My Best Friend Raped Me

My Best Friend Raped Me

Sexual Assaultsimply_kelbyJanuary 14, 2019alcohol, best friend, blackout, blog, breakup, consent, empower, friends, heal, party, rape, restoration, restore, sexual assault Comment

Facing the Abuse Head-On in Therapy

Facing the Abuse Head-On in Therapy

Emotional Abuse, Financial Abuse, Physical AbuseNAMASTE ALLDAYJanuary 8, 2019abuse, blog, Childhood, empower, family, father, heal, help, parent, restore, story, survivor, therapist, therapyComment

Shh... This Will Be Our Little Secret

Shh... This Will Be Our Little Secret

Sexual Assaultk.leeJanuary 7, 2019cops, empower, evil, heal, hurt, poem, poetry, rape, report, restore, secret, sexual assault, teenager, trustComment

Fool Me Twice...

Fool Me Twice...

Sexual AssaultPhoenixInTheAshesJanuary 3, 2019boyfriend, college, heal, high school, Me Too, restore, sexual assault, survivorComment

You Didn't Wish Me Happy Birthday

You Didn't Wish Me Happy Birthday

Emotional Abuse, Physical AbuseAs_I_Sit_in_SilenceJanuary 1, 2019birthday, cycle of abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, forgiveness, hurt, lies, physical violence, restore, survivor, upset, violenceComment

PRISMS

PRISMS

Heal, Sexual AssaultDancingThroughTheDarkDecember 30, 2018faith, heal, healing, hurt, Journal, letter, pain, poem, prism, religionComment

It's Not Me, It's You

It's Not Me, It's You

Emotional Abuse, HealAs_I_Sit_in_SilenceDecember 25, 2018heal, love, poem, toxic relationshipComment

Holidaze

Holidaze

Heal, Sexual AssaultSurviveHealBreatheDecember 19, 2018Christmas, happy, Holiday, joy, love, strengthComment

A Prayer

A Prayer

Emotional Abuse, HealLunaMayDecember 18, 2018God, heal, lonely, mental health, strength, survivorComment

A Practical Guide to Coping with the Holidays

A Practical Guide to Coping with the Holidays

The holidays aren’t always what they appear to be. Many of us struggle with anxiety and stress around the holidays, so we spoke with a therapist on how to best care for yourself during the holidays.

From the Experts, HealADMINDecember 18, 2018anxiety, Christmas, cope, family, feelings, from the experts, heal, meditate, pressure, stress, therapistComment