When Everything Feels Like Too Much: Understanding Trauma Triggers
“Why am I reacting like this… over something so small?” It’s a question many people carry quietly, often with a...
From Silence to Action: Why Awareness Alone Is Not Enough in the Fight Against Sexual Violence
April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time when timelines fill with statistics, hashtags, and carefully worded posts. A time...
The Wound No One Saw: Growing Up Emotionally Neglected
Childhood emotional neglect doesn’t leave bruises.It doesn’t come with dramatic stories or visible scars.And that’s why it often goes unnoticed...
Dating After Trauma: When Love Feels Like a Risk
Dating after trauma is not romantic.It’s not butterflies and excitement and hope, the way people describe it. For many survivors,...
Challenging Rape Culture: I Refuse to Stay Silent
I am tired. Tired of hearing jokes about rape. Tired of the silence when survivors speak up. Tired of watching...
Inside the Horrific Secret Chamber Where Josef Fritzl Kept His Daughter
Imagine being 18 years old. You think you are stepping out into the world, maybe chasing freedom, maybe dreaming of...
When My Body Protects Me: Why I Shut Down Around My Abuser
Every time I’m around him, something in me collapses. I can’t look him in the eye. My voice disappears. My...
The Harm Lingers: A Letter to the Man Who Touched Me Without Consent
This morning, as I was walking toward the bus station — minding my own business, lost in thought —...
“Hands That Didn’t Ask”
Today, my body became a war zone on a street that was never meant to be a battlefield. A hand,...
The Scars We Don’t See: Short and Long-Term Psychological Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) leaves more than just physical wounds. Its deepest damage often lies beneath the surface — in...