I Write So I Can Heal
@iwritesoicanheal.bsky.social
A collection of reminders for myself as a medical, sexual, and workplace trauma survivor 💛 • Using my Catholic faith as a tool for healing • OCD, anxiety, & depression • “I deserve it all” - Kendrick Lamar • DMs always open 🦋
I am now acknowledging the emotional pain I am feeling and where those sensations are stored in my body - instead of dissociating or distracting myself from it.
To heal is to sit with yourself and just feel.
To heal is to sit with yourself and just feel.
August 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I am now acknowledging the emotional pain I am feeling and where those sensations are stored in my body - instead of dissociating or distracting myself from it.
To heal is to sit with yourself and just feel.
To heal is to sit with yourself and just feel.
My mom texted me the other day, “Your truth is the only truth.” Gratitude to the people who continue to support me.
August 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
My mom texted me the other day, “Your truth is the only truth.” Gratitude to the people who continue to support me.
I’ve reached a point in my healing where I am working on individual and partner exercises to overcome my fear of intimacy. This is the effect of my trauma that has brought me the most shame, and I am proud of myself for being brave enough to address it in therapy and with my partner.
August 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve reached a point in my healing where I am working on individual and partner exercises to overcome my fear of intimacy. This is the effect of my trauma that has brought me the most shame, and I am proud of myself for being brave enough to address it in therapy and with my partner.
Finally found an excellent online community dedicated to #medicaltrauma. Please share with any peers or loved ones who may benefit from this resource!
www.medicaltraumasupport.org
www.medicaltraumasupport.org
Medical Trauma Support | Medical Trauma Treatment & Healing
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www.medicaltraumasupport.org
August 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Finally found an excellent online community dedicated to #medicaltrauma. Please share with any peers or loved ones who may benefit from this resource!
www.medicaltraumasupport.org
www.medicaltraumasupport.org
Slowly coming back to myself. I am starting to feel like I am on the same side as my body.
August 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Slowly coming back to myself. I am starting to feel like I am on the same side as my body.
Hi! I’ve unintentionally taken a hiatus from BlueSky 🦋 I’ve been very busy with work, interviews for new roles, and listening to and honoring my inner child.
June 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hi! I’ve unintentionally taken a hiatus from BlueSky 🦋 I’ve been very busy with work, interviews for new roles, and listening to and honoring my inner child.
“Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma response and fear-based distraction from what you’d be forced to acknowledge and feel if you slowed down.” - Tutu Mora
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma response and fear-based distraction from what you’d be forced to acknowledge and feel if you slowed down.” - Tutu Mora
“I am grateful that my suffering did not force me to become cruel.” - Mandeq Ahmed
April 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“I am grateful that my suffering did not force me to become cruel.” - Mandeq Ahmed
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When I hear a mourning dove,
It's a reminder to myself
To work on releasing
Suppressed grief
Grief that was forbidden to express
In my home environment
"I'll give you something to cry about"
The threat was real
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For me, the doves are there
As a reminder to release
What was buried.
#skyifs
April 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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When I hear a mourning dove,
It's a reminder to myself
To work on releasing
Suppressed grief
Grief that was forbidden to express
In my home environment
"I'll give you something to cry about"
The threat was real
💚
For me, the doves are there
As a reminder to release
What was buried.
#skyifs
I want God, and I want sunlight, and I want to not feel like I am trapped in an art museum in which all the paintings are what I thought my life would be like.
April 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I want God, and I want sunlight, and I want to not feel like I am trapped in an art museum in which all the paintings are what I thought my life would be like.
It hurt then, and it hurts now, and it will continue to hurt - but I will love myself through it.
April 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It hurt then, and it hurts now, and it will continue to hurt - but I will love myself through it.
Trying to move through life by giving to others both what I have and what I don’t. Warmth, comfort, food, forgiveness, kindness, acceptance. I want to be to others what I need the most - a blessing.
April 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Trying to move through life by giving to others both what I have and what I don’t. Warmth, comfort, food, forgiveness, kindness, acceptance. I want to be to others what I need the most - a blessing.
Wanting to be part of the sky
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Wanting to be part of the sky
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True freedom isn’t just escaping; it’s building a life where peace and resilience are your foundation.
#SurvivorStrength
#SurvivorStrength
April 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
True freedom isn’t just escaping; it’s building a life where peace and resilience are your foundation.
#SurvivorStrength
#SurvivorStrength
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Something a therapist once said: "You're not healing to be able to handle trauma, pain, anxiety, depression. You're used to those. You're healing to be able to handle joy and to accept happiness back into your life." #psychology #cptsd #traumawork #therapistsky #therapysky #traumainformed
April 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Something a therapist once said: "You're not healing to be able to handle trauma, pain, anxiety, depression. You're used to those. You're healing to be able to handle joy and to accept happiness back into your life." #psychology #cptsd #traumawork #therapistsky #therapysky #traumainformed
“I will not stay, not ever again, in a room or conversation or relationship or institution that requires me to abandon myself.” - Glennon Doyle
April 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“I will not stay, not ever again, in a room or conversation or relationship or institution that requires me to abandon myself.” - Glennon Doyle
“It’s spring, you’re young, you’re lovely, you have a right to be happy. Come back into the world.” - Shirley Jackson
April 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s spring, you’re young, you’re lovely, you have a right to be happy. Come back into the world.” - Shirley Jackson
“I know that my kindness / hurts me, / but I will continue to choose it, / not because I’m naive / but because my actions define me.” - Najwa Zebian
April 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“I know that my kindness / hurts me, / but I will continue to choose it, / not because I’m naive / but because my actions define me.” - Najwa Zebian
April 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I want to heal so badly, and I am asking God, “When will it be my turn?” I need to remind myself that healing is not a state to be reached.
March 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I want to heal so badly, and I am asking God, “When will it be my turn?” I need to remind myself that healing is not a state to be reached.
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If you’re in your head a lot, please
get outside regularly. Doesn’t have to be nature, it just has to be a place where the scope of your vision changes. Scan the horizon, look at clouds.
Make time to look outside of you. Your surroundings will shape the size of your inner world.
get outside regularly. Doesn’t have to be nature, it just has to be a place where the scope of your vision changes. Scan the horizon, look at clouds.
Make time to look outside of you. Your surroundings will shape the size of your inner world.
March 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you’re in your head a lot, please
get outside regularly. Doesn’t have to be nature, it just has to be a place where the scope of your vision changes. Scan the horizon, look at clouds.
Make time to look outside of you. Your surroundings will shape the size of your inner world.
get outside regularly. Doesn’t have to be nature, it just has to be a place where the scope of your vision changes. Scan the horizon, look at clouds.
Make time to look outside of you. Your surroundings will shape the size of your inner world.
“I’m tired of being brave.” - Anne Sexton
March 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“I’m tired of being brave.” - Anne Sexton
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If you find any of my content relatable, congratulations, you’re probably at least a little bit mentally ill.
March 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If you find any of my content relatable, congratulations, you’re probably at least a little bit mentally ill.