#survivor positivity

[fireflies-positivity]

To Our RAMCOA Survivor Neighbors:

Your trauma is Not too severe! Your Existence is Not triggering or scary!

You are Not making it up, and it is Not just false memories!

You deserve Love, Care, and a place to vent and Heal!

We Love You, Friend!!

~Wally🎨🍎

#ramcoa mention #cw ramcoa mention #positivity #ramcoa #ramcoa survivor #survivor positivity #ramcoa survivor positivity #positive affirmations #ramcoa affirmations #survivor

[insomniac-ships]

Shout out to the survivors...

... who are in therapy.

... who want to be in therapy, but can't afford it.

... who aren't sure if therapy is going to help.

... who cope with trauma through art and writing.

... who cope with trauma in "ugly" ways.

... who have personality disorders.

... who struggle with executive dysfunction.

... who are trying to catch up on the childhood they never got.

... who are LGBT+ and closeted.

... who are LGBT+ and out.

... who are still finding themselves.

... who struggle with body image.

... who need reassurance and encouragement to get through the day.

... who have cut ties with abusers, and those who haven't.

... who keep themselves going for the little things.

... who have a hard time finding reasons to live, but keep on going anyway.

... who have lost people close to them.

... who might need to hear this today...

You are worthy of love. You are worthy of respect. You are worthy of healing. You are loved. Be patient and kind with yourself today. You're amazing! ♡

#feel free to add more! #positivity #lgbtqia #queer #survivor positivity #abuse survivor #therapy #body positivity #please tell me if i need to change anything #proship safe #yes your coping mechanisms are valid. if they're helping you... then they're working. don't let people shame you for doing what works. #^^^ in reference to coping through fiction

[toxicparentrants]

i'm not sure what to say. one of the last things my mother told me before getting disowned was "i swear i'll get better for you." (context: i had to tell her she got drunk and hit me last night.) i'm currently moving into my dad's and i've never felt so free, so..... good. i'm doing much better at school, and stuff, i wanted to uh, say: things can get better. things can get better if you try, if you muster up the courage to fight back against whatever ails you, dear reader.

with the tender love our parents never gave us -

vanta :3

I’m so glad you’re getting into a better place. I hope it continues to get better for you and you heal. 🖤 wishing you the bestest future and healing.

#child abuse #violence #tw drinking #tw alcohol #tw domestic abuse #tw abuse #tw hitting #healing positivity #survivor positivity #positivity #mental health #it gets better

[starksurvivorthoughts]

I think one of the truly most beautiful things about survivors is our compulsion to seek out people who are not only safe to be around but also survivors/similar to us. To find community and feel not so isolated, while seeing yourself in somebody else.

Its why I started tagging most of my posts, why I occasionally scroll the tag when I feel up to it. I hope everyone can experience the comfort of seeing fellow survivor, even in their darker moments.

#csa survivor #abuse survivor #grooming survivor #actually traumatized #vent #🌱.txt #survivor positivity

[vapour-ofthe-moon]

i love you pw cluster a disorders, cluster b disorders, cluster c disorders. i love you pw mobility aids. i love you pw a tough home life. i love you pw executive dysfunction. i love you pw burnout. i love you pw anxiety and/or depression of all types. i love you pw chronic pain. i love you pw chronic fatigue. i love you people who are questioning any of this and arent sure what they have or if they what they go through is "enough". i love you pw trauma. i love you pw a past they're embarrassed/ashamed by and wish to do better because of it. i love you anyone who is struggling with anything right now.

#positivity #cluster a positivity #cluster b positivity #cluster c positivity #disorder positivity #disabled positivity #disordered positivity #mental illness positivity #recovery positivity #addict positivity #survivor positivity #positivity post

[recoverr]

i don't know who needs to hear this, but guilt, self-hatred and shame are not sustainable sources of growth and healing. you can't hate yourself into feeling better, or being better. you can't repeatedly punish yourself for your flawed humanity and expect wholesome results.

#mental health #recovery #self care #self love #positivity #reminders #healing #be kind to yourself #actually mentally ill #cptsd #actually cptsd #recovery suggestion #trauma survivor #trauma recovery #mine.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

anyone else have multiple traumatic memories associated specifically with holidays/family vacations? because that is a topic I never see discussed in all the So You Had A Shitty Childhood, Now What? self-help books i've been reading. but for me, it was a significant thing. and the more i think about it the more it seems like this would be an (unfortunately) common experience. would be grateful to hear if this matches other peoples' experiences...

#not a shitpost #serious post #ask to tag #tw trauma #cptsd #c-ptsd #and if so we should TALK about it #because it means there are a whole group of survivors out there whose mental health regularly worsens during holidays #like i know i am most certainly not the only person who feels an undefined Dread hanging over christmas/my birthday/july 4 etc #bc too many shitty things happened during those times and now my brain is hypervigilant bc traditionally these are the Danger Times #and this seems like it would be particularly common for survivors of abusive/dysfunctional households (aka most people with c-ptsd) #because holidays/vacations typically mean 1) the whole family is together/being forced to interact #2) and undergoing external stressors e.g. travel/relatives aka 'outsiders' visiting/routines & coping mechanisms being interrupted etc #3) there is social pressure for this to be a Fun Family Bonding Experience which only highlights the cracks in the foundation #and exposes the common Everything Is Fine/We Are A Happy Family lie #4) the cognitive dissonance of feeling tired/anxious/stressed/afraid during a time when you are 'supposed' to be Making Good Memories #and then everyone is angry/tired/anxious/triggered and things boil over and something or someone goes Very Wrong #weird that i'm posting this in october when halloween is...sort of the ONLY holiday i have only good and happy feelings towards #i got lucky there #also i have positive feelings towards Labor Day but that's for socialist reasons

[pigeon-system-boys]

I LOVE YOU SYSTEMS

YES YOU TOO

Even if you were told that you are gross

Even with alters with PrObLeMaTiC Source (don't care, you aren't your fucking source!!!)

Even if your persecutors and protectors act like pieces of shit (they are trying and are fucking up. A lot of times. But they're trying!!)

Even if your littles are sexual protectors (VALID) (YOU DON'T CHOOSE ALTER ROLES)

Even if you can't heal right now

Even if you are happy that you are system

Even if you ARE NOT happy about being system

Even if you have NO CLUE what tf was your trauma

Even if you have your trauma 360° full HD scarred into your brain

If you want to know your trauma and if you don't

If your system is full of abuse (don't say you are bad person, you aren't, your brain tries to COPE)

Even if your trauma was "not enoth", even if it was "too much"

Even if you don't love yourself

Especially if you don't love yourself

I am here for you

#dissociative system #system alters #system #system stuff #did system #osdd system #polyfrag system #programmed system #sysblr #traumagenic system #system memes #hc did system #osdd stuff #did stuff #did osdd #actually did #hc did #actually osdd #actually polyfrag #osdd #system positivity #did positivity #osdd positivity #tbmc survivor #ramcoa system #did alter #osdd alter #did memes #osdd memes

[stil-lindigo]

seeing clearer

(sequel to another comic of mine, the calamity.)

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all my other comics

store

#cw: eye scarring #cw: christianity #as a theme. and not a particularly positive depiction either. #the calamity has anger issues but is earnestly trying her best #the survivor is patient #and also not scared of her at all #the calamity is talking about the story of samson and delilah in pg 2 btw #i tend to only make oneshot short story these days but im fond of this pair #had the urge to draw something a little mundane with these two and the slowest slow burn of a relationship you could ever imagine #also usually a broken mirror would equal 7 years of bad luck but the calamity so outclasses it as far as bad omens go #im pretty sure the effects are just cancelled out #anyway #next comic will be a different story entirely i promise #thank you for your patience #and as always #thank you for reading #comic art #sapphic art #stillindigo art #hearteaters #stillindigo comics

[ed-recoverry]

Reminders this Sexual Assault Awareness Month that your assault(s) are valid even if:

Your loved ones don’t believe you

Your assaulter was your lover/partner

You “didn’t fight back”

You were intoxicated

You originally consented

You had consensual sex with them in the past

You waited to speak out

You’ve never spoken out

You didn’t realize it was assault until later in life

You didn’t speak out until later in life

You didn’t go to police

You still haven’t told anyone

You were a child

You were a teenager

You were an adult

You both were children

You were wearing “provocative” clothes

You flirted with them

You pretended to like it

Penetration wasn’t involved

You “gave up” on fighting

You’re scared to tell someone

You can’t talk about it

You can talk about it, but don’t want to

The police didn’t believe you

Your “friends” didn’t/don’t believe you

You still had consensual sex with them after it happened

You never developed any mental illness/trauma-related symptoms from it

The person(s) stopped

The person(s) apologized

You thought it was consensual at the time

No one else was assaulted by them

You initiated the encounter

You orgasmed

You showed signs of arousal

You never were given an apology

Your assaulter refuses to say it was assault

Your assaulter was a family member

Your assaulter was a friend

You feel like it was your fault

You feel like you could’ve stopped it

You’re a girl

You’re a boy

You’re trans

You’re nonbinary, gender-fluid, etc.

You were bigger than them

You were stronger than them

If it was “only” once

If it happened multiple times

If you didn’t act on a bad feeling before the assault happened

If you could have escaped

If speaking out will “ruin their life”

If “it was just a mistake”

If you were warned

If it was an affair

If they were never punished

If they were punished, but it doesn’t feel like enough

There is no right or wrong way to be assaulted. There is no real or fake way to be assaulted. There is no type of assault that “isn’t that bad.” There is no assault that is your fault. You didn’t deserve it. It wasn’t okay. I believe you. I believe in you.

#mental health #positivity #mental illness #self care #self help #shblr #ed but not sheeran #baby cvts #mentally fucked #mentally ill #tw self destruction #cocsa survivor #cocsa vent #bpd #mental health awareness #self h@rm #childhood trauma #consent #trauma #ana stuff #recovery #ed recovery #eating disorder recovery #body positivity #pro recovery #actually cptsd #actuallytraumatized #male ed #ana trigger #skinnni

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Having survived abuse from people with mental illnesses, I know the urge to warn others to be wary of those mental illnesses. I know how often it can feel like that is your only power in life…the only action you can take against what you went through. But listen. Just because a mentally ill person caused you complex trauma, doesn’t mean you get to generalize and slander and malign every person with that mental illness.

You do not have to forgive your abusers. but you do have to heal without spreading stigma and misinformation. you do have to heal without antagonizing or dehumanizing others who are also just trying to heal. you have to help break the cycle. because nobody can heal alone.

#cluster b disorders #childhood trauma #abuse survivor #parental abuse #parental trauma #cptsd recovery #complex trauma #trauma recovery #cptsd healing #mental health representation #disability advocacy #adverse childhood experiences #npd positivity #bpd problems #personality disorders #manic depressive #did osdd #aspd safe #npd safe #bipolar disorder #psychotic disorders #mental health education #mental illness advocacy #cluster b #hpd safe #borderline personality disorder #social justice #antisocial personality disorder #narcissistic personality disorder #histrionic personality disorder

[neuroticboyfriend]

hey you. im proud of you. im proud of you for overcoming all the obstacles you've faced to be here with us today. and i'll be proud of you tomorrow for the obstacles you continue to overcome.

you've put so much effort into this life, and that deserves praise. even though many of the things you had to work through should have never happened to you. you did it. you're here. you're right here. and you don't have to go anywhere.

so i hope you're proud of yourself too - or that you will be, someday. take all the time you need. everyone lives differently.

#positivity #mental health #mental health support #mental health positivity #positive affirmations #positive #posi #positive suggestions #mentally ill #mental illness #trauma survivor #trauma recovery #recovery #survivor #disabled #disability #chronic illness #chronically ill #chronically sick #disability positivity #disability pride #neurodivergent #neurodivergent positivity

[gentleaffirmations]

#positivity #daily affirmation #positive affirmations #recovery #positive thinking #mental health #self acceptance #affirmation #daily affirmations #positive affirmation #trauma survivor #affirmations for recovery

[starksurvivorthoughts]

Touch averse/triggered people I love you. Your boundaries are important and I am beaming love to you with my mind. I am asking nicely if you want to hold hands.

#survivor positivity #abuse survivor #<- makes posts for herself :-) 💕 #🌱

[ash-says]

The Art of People-Pleasing and how to Fail at it:

According to me, people pleasing is kind of an inherent nature. There's nothing wrong in it if you crack the code on how to do it correctly within your boundaries.

It's something that I am personally working on to chalk out a strategy for and use it as a skill.

But for now let's discuss how you can successfully fail at it cause baby you should not play in water at the beach if you don't know how to swim.

1) Learn to say no. That's the base.

2) Develop a sense of self. Be opinionated and believe in it. Practice it.

3) Delight in making people mad and uncomfortable. Enjoy that.

4) Be unbothered. It's okay if someone doesn't believe in your values and opinion. Don't jump in to convince them and sell your idea. Instead you go your way and let them go their way.

5) Overcome your fear of abandonment. Know this thing, when you don't please you are bound to lose connections and people. Cause everyone loves to be put on a pedestal and feel needed. That's exactly what you don't offer them.

6) Observe what situations compel you to people please and pay attention to consciously avoid doing it when exposed to those situations.

7) Ask yourself what you are afraid of? Is it losing the person? Being painted as the bad guy? Or your inner belief of not being good enough? Or upsetting the other person? Reflect!!!!

That's it for today. I want to go in depth with this one but I am not able to formulate it properly as of now. Still I hope this much will be useful even if a little.

#divine feminine #dark feminine energy #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #girlblogging #glow up #it girl #self love #self care #that girl #becoming that girl #becoming her #trauma #trauma survivor #people pleaser #that girl aesthetic #it girl aesthetic #dream girl #dream girl aesthetic #pink pilates girl #pink pilates princess #positive mental attitude #mental health #level up journey #level up #ash-says #coquette #self development #self help #self improvement #healing

[recoverr]

i hope it hurts a little less. day by day. week by week. i hope the ache in your chest eases. maybe it won't entirely, maybe it will. may the thought of feeling joy again alone be enough to keep you going, even if for a while.

#mental health #recovery #self care #self love #reminders #positivity #healing #complex ptsd #cptsd #mental heath support #mental illness #wholesome suggestion #recovery suggestion #trauma recovery #trauma survivor #mine.