by Journey2Free | 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...
by Journey2Free | Feb 17, 2019 | #Acceptance, #Journey2Free, Advocate, anger, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Peace, Self-Respect, Be, Be The Change, Breaking Cycles, Broken, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Courage, Evolving, family, Fighter, Freedom, Generational Rape, Growth, Healing, Intimacy, Journey, Justice, love, Overcomer, Overcoming, promiscuity, Rape, Reassigning Shame, Relationships, Secrets, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Sexual Abuse, Speak, Speak-Out, Speaking, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Survivor, Trust-Issues, truth, updates
These pictures represent a turning point in my life, age 5 (I was first molested) Age 11 (I was first raped… What do you see in this child’s eyes? I lost my innocence to a cousin on a bedroom floor, raped repeatedly for years by my grandmothers husband...
by Journey2Free | Mar 26, 2017 | anger, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Courage, Evolving, Freedom, Growth, Justice, Reassigning Shame, Self- acceptance, Sexual Abuse, Speak, Speaking, Survivor
A Grandmother’s Betrayal… CHOOSE YOU!!! Some days were unbearable (emotionally). Sitting across from the matriarch of the family, knowing she’s present at court not because of her daughters and granddaughters, but instead in support of her husband...
by Journey2Free | 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...
by Journey2Free | May 28, 2013 | Evolving
I stopped praying some time ago. I found myself praying the same repetitive prayers over and over again, and nothing ever happen, nothing changed. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I’ve heard so many times just pray, take it to God and he will take care of...
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