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Childhood Trauma

The experiences of childhood shape us in ways we are still discovering. This wing is for survivors of neglect, abuse, dysfunction, and the quiet chaos of growing up too fast. Your younger self deserves to be heard.

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story·Apr 4

The Kid Who Grew Up Too Fast

NeglectChild Abuse

I was ten when I started cooking dinner for my siblings. Not because I wanted to, but because nobody else was going to. My mother worked nights and my father had left the year before. I learned to fo...

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story·Apr 4

Learning to Trust Again

Child AbuseNeglect
poetry·Apr 4
Child AbuseDomestic Violence
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Mental Health Crisis

My therapist asked me to describe what safety feels like. I sat there for five minutes in silence because I genuinely did not know. When you grow up in a home where love comes with conditions, you le...

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i am still that child hiding in the closet when the voices get loud except now the closet is a corner office and the voices are all in my head and no one comes looking for me because everyone assume...

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