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After remembering all the details of the rape, I wrote down the whole experience. Journaling has always helped me just to get thoughts out of my head. At my next appointment with Sarah, we talked about it. I felt a sense of clarity, of closure. Now, that doesn’t mean all of my problems immediately went… Read more

Elisabeth decided to come up to my work, and I had the letters (at least her letter) with me. After I thought she had left, I texted her to say that I had something for her when I was done at work. I was going to drop the letters off with her and go straight… Read more

After graduating high school, I wanted desperately to move out of my parents’ house, thinking that a new home would bring me a safe space. However, it was also drilled into me as a child to not let myself get into debt. So, I stayed at my parents’ house for the first part of college… Read more

Around March of 2024, I decided to do something about my fear of the hallucinations and the trauma I had experienced as a child. I knew I was raped, but I never fully dealt with all the emotions that came along with that. I felt dirty, I felt ashamed, I felt like somehow it was… Read more

As mentioned in my previous post, Getting Married, sometimes my legs would become paralyzed. One time, a few months after we got married, my legs became paralyzed. Except a few hours later, they were still paralyzed. After two days of my legs being paralyzed, my feet started to swell from lack of circulation. We went… Read more

This blog website is a running story of my life and the things I am learning. You can start at The Beginning, or you can jump in wherever you would like. I am happy to be able to share my story with you, and I hope you learn something valuable from it, too. Read more