This post discusses how hearing others speak of their abuse, and how seeing people respond to those others with compassion and concern is valuable. I know that, for me, listening to people tell stories that were similar to what I had experienced, or to which I could relate, and seeing others say, "Yes, that was bad," was a big part of what helped ( Read more... )

I have lots of homework to do. And I've BEEN doing it since noon yesterday. Of course, I've been doing the stuff that's due a month out from now, not the stuff (that's more boring) that's due this week.

So, in the interests of that, I'm going to post linkspam.

( Quotes, links, articles, cuteness, funnies, YouTube vids, yoga, self-help... )

I am posting a top-level post because my name is all over this and I want to make sure that what I've said is clear and available so that I am mis-quoted or misunderstood as little as possible with regards to my specific experiences and comments regarding VividConI have decided, however, not to invite comments in this space. There are a number of ( Read more... )

In response to my previous post, someone responded in great earnest, "I don't want to inadvertently mess up" and asked if there was a list to help her. I am now wondering--has anyone made a list of triggers common enough to make an easy starting place for folks to be able to use those and then add further labels if someone suggests ( Read more... )

The discussion of rape and consent, which was brought back up by cereta's "On rape and men (Oh yes, I'm going there)", followed up on by gabrielleabelle's "Guidelines for Rape Discussions: For Men (and Women...but mainly men)", as well as by her Consent 101 (SERIOUSLY, READ THIS), as well as the Australian newspaper article "Is date rape funny?" that quotes cereta, all led ( Read more... )

rachelmanija wrote PTSD: A User's Guide. It's three parts: "What I Did In the War", "Part II: What a Flashback Feels Like", and "Part III: I Don't Have to Do That Anymore"She's aimed the essay(s) at helping fanfic writers more accurately depict PTSD in characters in fanfic, but it's an incredibly useful and well-written description of details of living ( Read more... )

Yesterday was unsettling for a number of reasons.

( More of the same )

I'm Amy. I'm a survivor of sexual and domestic violence.

No Pity. No Shame. No Silence.

( Conflicts over posting )