“We should teach our girls that snapping is ok, instead of waiting for someone else to break them.”
― Shout
― Shout
“Rape wounds deeply, splits open
your core with shrapnel.
The stench of the injury attracts maggots
which hatch into clouds of doubt and self-loathing
the dirt you feel inside you nourishes
anxiety, depression, and shame
poisoning your blood, festering
in your brain until you will do anything to stop
feeling the darkness rising within
anything
to stop feeling–
untreated pain
is a cancer of the soul
that can kill you”
― Shout
your core with shrapnel.
The stench of the injury attracts maggots
which hatch into clouds of doubt and self-loathing
the dirt you feel inside you nourishes
anxiety, depression, and shame
poisoning your blood, festering
in your brain until you will do anything to stop
feeling the darkness rising within
anything
to stop feeling–
untreated pain
is a cancer of the soul
that can kill you”
― Shout
“She'd felt like a survivor. Now she wondered at all the ways surviving could change a person....”
― Seafire
― Seafire
“Acceptance has an amazing effect on people who pretend they don't need it.”
― Running with Lions
― Running with Lions
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