Rose
@rose-abusesurvived.bsky.social
Using my experience to raise awareness of coercive control and its impact. #survivor #coercivecontrol #abuse #trauma #childrenandabuse #CPTSD
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Just me, on my lunch break from the day job I need to keep the wolf from the door, protesting the actions of Meta who have stolen my work to train their AI because it was cheaper and easier than respecting my rights. Thieves. @societyofauthors.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Just me, on my lunch break from the day job I need to keep the wolf from the door, protesting the actions of Meta who have stolen my work to train their AI because it was cheaper and easier than respecting my rights. Thieves. @societyofauthors.bsky.social
This is so true. I left an abusive relationship 6 and half years ago: only now am I really starting to process it (covid and kids have added to length of recovery. I've had to spend all that time fighting for the kids to get the support they need which means my recovery has been on the back burner).
“You just need to let it go.”
Healing from abuse is not about “letting it go”—it’s about processing the pain and finding ways to move forward.
Rushing a survivor’s healing or invalidating their emotions can cause more harm. Be patient and supportive instead.
Healing from abuse is not about “letting it go”—it’s about processing the pain and finding ways to move forward.
Rushing a survivor’s healing or invalidating their emotions can cause more harm. Be patient and supportive instead.
April 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is so true. I left an abusive relationship 6 and half years ago: only now am I really starting to process it (covid and kids have added to length of recovery. I've had to spend all that time fighting for the kids to get the support they need which means my recovery has been on the back burner).
The harm being both psychological and physical. Not to mention the harm caused to the relationships with others! 😢
Narcissistic abuse is a destructive pattern of emotional and psychological manipulation and abuse that leaves profound and lasting harm.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The harm being both psychological and physical. Not to mention the harm caused to the relationships with others! 😢
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This moment is medieval - Jackson Katz on misogyny and why men must oppose Trumpism
‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism
The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever
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February 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This moment is medieval - Jackson Katz on misogyny and why men must oppose Trumpism
My latest blog post on reflecting back after trauma.
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Clearing the mind
It seems at the moment, that I’m doing a lot of reflection on the past 15 years (the years of abuse and its aftermath). In many ways I’m impatient, want to forget the whole episode and …
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February 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My latest blog post on reflecting back after trauma.
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