Survivor’s Guilt

Survivor’s Guilt

by | Mar 22, 2020 | #Acceptance, #Journey2Free, Awakened, Becoming, Becoming Larissa, Broken, But God, Challenging, Childhood Trauma, Choices, Chronic Disease, Courage, Creating Shifts, Death, Depression, Disappointments, Emotions, Empowerment, Encouragement, Evolving, Faith, family, fear, Fighter, Freedom, God, Growth, guilt, Healing, Heartaches, Honesty, Hope, I am living my obituary, I choose, illness, Insecurities, Isolation, It's Not Your Fault!, Journey, Life, Life happens, love, Overcomer, Overcoming, Overwhelming, Pain, Panic, Panic Attacks/Anxiety, Perseverance, Pill-Popping, Prayer, Resolve, Self- acceptance, Self-discovery, Self-love, Self-recovery, Sexual Abuse, Soul-searching, Speak, Speak-Out, Speaking, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Strength, support, Surviving healing, Survivor, Survivor Guilt, Transformation, Transparency, Trauma, truth, Unworthy, We Speak To Heal, What it means to be Larissa, What it means to be me, Wholeness

“Survivor guilt (also called survivor syndrome or survivor disorder) is a mental condition that occurs when a person believes they have done something wrong by surviving a traumatic event when others did not, often feeling self-guilt.” (Wikipedia) I never gave much...
A Mother’s Hug…

A Mother’s Hug…

by | Mar 24, 2019 | #Acceptance, #Journey2Free, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Peace, Self-Respect, Apologies, Apology, Be The Change, Becoming, Betrayal, Breaking Cycles, Breakups, Broken, Challenging, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Chronic Disease, Conversations, Courage, Creating Shifts, Depression, Emotions, Evolving, family, Fighter, Freedom, Generational Rape, God, Growth, Happiness, Healing, Heartaches, Insecurities, Internal pain, Intimacy, Isolation, Journey, love, Memories, Overcomer, Overcoming, Overwhelming, Pain, Panic Attacks/Anxiety, Rape, Reassigning Shame, Relationships, Self- acceptance, Self-Care, Self-discovery, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Self-expression, Self-Forgiveness, Self-love, Self-recovery, Sexual Abuse, Soul-searching, Speak, Speak-Out, Speaking, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Surviving healing, Survivor, Trauma, Triggered, Triggers, truth

Sometimes we just need a hug. Sometimes we just need a good crying fest and a hug to relieve ourselves from built up anxiety, frustration and stress. Last Tuesday I received the wakeup call I so desperately needed. After weeks of riding the waves of uncertainty,...

I AM NOT MY MOTHER! Part1

by | Jun 10, 2013 | Evolving, Sexual Abuse

“Your mother gives you your identity as a woman” (Iyanla Vanzant) hmm-mm I don’t know…Is this really true? I will be able to agree or disagree at the end of my release. I have been rather hesitant to write this post, and the others that will follow, I agonized over...