I’ve struggled with mental health issues – anxiety, depression, BPD – since I was 14. At the worst of it – I was raped. That was nearly 10 years ago. When I first remembered in 2013 I did a lot of blogging on my blogger and chatted with other survivors from the SVU fandom to…
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Becoming Katie Butterfly I am a 30 year old survivor of mental health issues and sexual assault. It once held be back, even almost killed me, but like a butterfly I have come out of the darkness and into a beautiful life! I have found my voice and it’s so beautiful. I have so much…
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I’ve hit a rough patch in my healing journey. The news about my rapist getting off scotch free was a punch in the gut. And all of social media is full of news of this and that report and there’s always the fight between those who believe survivors and those who don’t and everything in…
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…you just gotta wallow in it. Okay, bear with me a moment. Imagine you have been medicated for nearly 10 years and never got the chance to really “ride the emotions” and heal from life’s trauma. Now, imagine some of the worst news you could possibly be hit with. Something expected yet knocks you flat…
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Hallelujah the blues have lifted (for now!) What helped? Venting and talking about my feelings definitely helped. I also went to a Celebrate Recovery group that was very helpful. But the main thing helped is putting into action my thoughts of doing things for others. I do a lot to help people that use the…
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I posted this blog post last week and then unpublished it. I felt a wave of panic, like it was too soon to be bearing my soul. Today, I realized I’ve been bearing my soul and sharing some of my worst experiences with my followers for awhile now. My readers have read about the worst…
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“I am called a liar because I did not agree to have sex in the way that my wife wanted and she threatened to hurt me if I didn’t go along with it. So I tried even though it made me feel gross and uncomfortable. Then she criticized me for not being more enthusiastic. I…
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