Not only sexual violence itself is traumatizing. The way other people react to it (silencing, victim blaming, minimizing,...) is additionally traumatizing and can determine if a victim develops PTSD or not.
I wonder how my PTSD would have turned out if I hadn't been forced to endure so much additional trauma by people supporting my rapist.
Trauma didn't make me nice, I consciously made me nice because I don't want anyone else to suffer like I did. Trauma didn't make me strong, I made me strong. Don't you dare ever tell me my trauma made me anything but scared, broken, and confused. Don't give credit to the abusers for me being a good person. They didn't make me good, I made myself good.
Blue handmaiden, Eriphioides ecuadoriensis, Arctiini, Erebidae
Photographed in Ecuador by belowbluewaterdiver
I could only find a couple photos of this species that I could legally share, but I can link this better photo here! The iridescent blue is beautiful :)
Your soul knows. It will tell you when it's time to distance yourself from those who no longer align with you mentally, emotionally, physically, or energetically.
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