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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Self care. Self care is so important to maintaining a healthy mental state of mind. It can be something small, something big or something in the middle. My daily self care usually consists of taking my meds, drinking water, remembering to eat something, getting enough sleep. Things I need to do on the daily to…
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I want to share my story. Again. I want to share it because I need to feel the power in writing it. I also want to share it so other survivors don’t feel so alone. Because you aren’t. Possible Trigger Warning Let me start out by saying that I went 4 years untreated for my…
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With all the stress I’ve been under I found myself dangerously close to a mental break down. I refuse to let that happen. I work part time and sometimes my schedule lines up where I have close to a week between shifts. This week is one of those times and it could not have come…
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The past few weeks I feel as if the rug has literally been pulled out from under me, multiple times. I’m trying my hardest to adjust, accept and keep my head above water. Even though the weather was crummy on our annual camping trip it was still a much needed trip. I’m not sure what…
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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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