by Journey2Free | Jun 1, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Healing, Mental Health, Trauma Recovery
There are moments on the healing journey when you realize you have entered a new room. Not because you are falling apart, not because you are going backward, but because healing has a way of pulling back the floor beneath what you thought you had already worked...
by Journey2Free | Oct 8, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery
Dear Survivor, I was standing in a Jamaican patty shop, a place I frequently visited, a place I felt reasonably safe, when my body betrayed me. Or so I thought. An older gentleman in the corner started complimenting me. I said thank you out of courtesy, but the more...
by Journey2Free | Aug 28, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse Awareness, Faith and Healing, Journey 2 Free Originals, Sexual Abuse, Survivor Healing, Trauma Recovery
There’s a difference between silence that protects and secrecy that imprisons. For years, I didn’t know the difference, and it kept me stuck. Many survivors conflate the two, whether through lack of understanding or fear. But it’s imperative we get clear on this in...
by Journey2Free | Aug 20, 2025 | Defiant Disruptors, Emotional Health, Faith and Healing, Journey 2 Free Originals, Larissa Rhone, Sexual Abuse, Survivor Healing, Trauma Recovery
We don’t talk enough about the rage. Not the anger you can neatly tuck away, but the blood-curdling, body-shaking kind that leaves you trembling long after the moment passes. For survivors of childhood sexual abuse, rage often feels like the one emotion we’re never...
by Journey2Free | Aug 13, 2025 | Faith and Healing, Healing and Recovery, Sexual Abuse, Silence Series, Survivor Empowerment
Why your first words after silence might burn, and why that’s not a bad thing. Anger surprises some of us as survivors, it’s not always the first thing we expect to find after years of being silenced. Breaking the silence can release more than words; it can release...
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