In the beginning....

Adriana van Altvorst 6/6/2012:41 PM

I faced an extremely traumatic event in 2017.

It made me review my life.

From midnight to 6 am in the morning, I saw my whole life before me and all the trauma. Layers upon layers of trauma beginning from childhood

My brain connected all my life experiences with what I had learned to recreate insight into who I was.

And then I knew that I had been defined and confined to a life as a victim to the years of trauma I had faced and did not resolve.

My facade crumbled as I ripped my mask from my face.

As I watched the sun rising, I told myself

"Victim no more"

I promised myself that I would no longer be defined, confined or silenced by my trauma or by those who use their power to hurt me, to silence me and to confine me by how they define me.

Add Comment

Comments (0)

<ul id="{%=id%}ButtonGroup" class="button-group h-popup-buttons even-button-group even-1">
    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>

Skip to main content

Add Comment

Membership Required

Remove From Your Block List

Manage Follow Preferences

Block

Please wait...