"How does my speaking up help others?"
We’ve talked about triggers and how they work; we’ve learned to trace our triggers back to their root using a 4-question process; we’re learning to manage our triggers rather than allowing them to control us.
We can use our growth to help other survivors. As we make ourselves known, we encourage other men to say, "Me, too."
We need to become sensitive to opportunities. We also need courage in the midst of a conversation to say, "I’m an abuse survivor, and I’ve learned . . ." "My childhood was terrible." "I come from an abusive past." "I was deeply damaged as a child." "I’m learning to overcome the abuse in my childhood."
Each time we speak, the abuse has less hold on us.
We can use our growth to help other survivors. As we make ourselves known, we encourage other men to say, "Me, too."
We need to become sensitive to opportunities. We also need courage in the midst of a conversation to say, "I’m an abuse survivor, and I’ve learned . . ." "My childhood was terrible." "I come from an abusive past." "I was deeply damaged as a child." "I’m learning to overcome the abuse in my childhood."
Each time we speak, the abuse has less hold on us.
If I let others know I’m an abuse survivor,
I might open the door for others to say, "Me too."
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