memoir Archives - Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children https://healwritenow.com Writing & Inspiration to Heal Trauma Thu, 14 May 2015 10:54:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.5 I Am Not A Victim: A Manifesto for Humans https://healwritenow.com/i-am-not-a-victim-a-manifesto-for-humans/ https://healwritenow.com/i-am-not-a-victim-a-manifesto-for-humans/#respond Thu, 14 May 2015 10:46:59 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=3085 1. I am not a victim, as in adjective, personality type or horoscope. Victim is not the sun I was born under or in my rising sign. Nope. I was victimized. Eclipsed. I was turned to noun by the verb of violence. Not mine – the violence of another thrust upon me. No permission was asked […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/i-am-not-a-victim-a-manifesto-for-humans/feed/ 0 Post-Traumatic What? That’s Just My Life… https://healwritenow.com/breaking-silence/ https://healwritenow.com/breaking-silence/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:55:30 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=984 When I was in my early 20s, I started therapy, talking about my abusive childhood and the frequent chaos and neglect. A few sessions in, the therapist handed me a claim for insurance; on it I was to write the diagnosis for which I was seeking treatment. Instead, I wrote the first and last names […]

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