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“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and I did not put on an ounce of makeup. I grabbed a worn out black oversized jacket to cover myself with even though it is warm outside. I have made conscious decisions lately to look like less of what I felt a male would want to see. I want to disappear.”
― Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.

tags: advocates, america, anxiety, anxiety-attack, anxiety-disorders, arizona, child-abuse, control, corruption, crime, crime-and-punishment, domestic, domestic-abuse, domestic-violence, enable-abuse, family, family-drama, family-relationships, fighter, government, growing-up, growth, healing, hope, hopeful, hopeful-heart, hurt, injustice, inspire, justice, justice-system, law-enforcement, lawmakers, laws, life, living, memoir, memories, overcoming, panic-attack, panic-attacks, pedophile, physical-abuse, police, politicians, politics, post-traumatic-stress, power, powerful-story, powerless, ptsd, quote, quotes, rape, rape-culture, rape-of-a-child, rape-survivor, raped, red-tape, safety, sexual-abuse, sexual-assault, sexual-violence, south, southern, survival, survive, survivor, survivors-of-abuse, truth, united-states, united-states-of-america, violence, violence-against-women, youth

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“Here, from her ashes you lay. A broken girl so lost in despondency that you know that even if she does find her way out of this labyrinth in hell, that she will never see, feel, taste, or touch life the same again.”
― Amanda Steele, The Cliff

tags: insomnia, ptsd, rape, rape-survivor, reborn

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“People may not realize the damage that they are doing by placing the blame on the victim ~ but that doesn't lessen the damage that they cause by doing it.”
― Darlene Ouimet

tags: abuse-survivors, blame, blame-the-victim, healing-insights, rape, rape-survivor, sexual-abuse, sexual-assault, survivors, survivors-of-abuse, victim-blaming

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“A rape victim... a rape victim who fights...They've been violated, made helpless and afraid. It breaks their confidence in the safety of their little world. It makes them afraid." .... "If you don't fight, it's not quite the same. If they make you help, make you cooperate, then it's not clear to you anymore. Is it rape? You feel dirty, violated, and guilty. Most of all guilty because you should have fought. Especially if you're Mercy and you fight everything.”
― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed

tags: how-i-feel, mercy-thompson, rape-survivor, rape-victim, understanding

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“Waking up there is a numbness, a coldness that you never knew that had existed in you. I guess that's why things in the wild are so tough, you have to to survive such a terrible thing.”
― Anonymous1234

tags: ptsd, rape, rape-survivor

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