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After the Silence

User Profile: blitheSun94
blitheSun94 June 18th, 2015

www.aftersilence.org

"Welcome to After Silence, an online support group, message board, and chat room for rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse survivors. You are not alone, you are not broken, and you can heal. After Silence is designed to help victims become survivors, and communicate in the recovery of sexual violence. Our mission is to support, empower, validate, and educate survivors, as well as their families and supporters. The core of our organization is a support group, message board, and chat room where victims and survivors come together online in a mutually supportive and safe environment. Surviving rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, incest, and molestation may cause different feelings to emerge. During the healing process many survivors of sexual violence undergo a dramatic reality shift, and see life and themselves drastically different than before. Feelings of anger, fear, shock, denial, and confusion are normal. Often pain doesn't simply go away, it has to find a safe outlet. We believe that breaking the silence is the first step toward recovery and it is our mission to provide a safe, loving, and thought-provoking online support group for each rape and sexual abuse survivor to speak out, ask for help, and give help in return. To realize (sometimes for the first time!) that you are not alone can make all the difference. Learn more about our support forums for healing and recovery.

If you have been a victim of rape, date rape, sexual abuse, incest, sexual assault, marital rape, childhood sexual abuse, or molestation please know that you did nothing wrong and you are not to blame. In our online support group and forums you can share your story, feelings, fears, doubts, and receive support from fellow survivors who are experiencing similar emotions. Here you may speak freely without identifying yourself. At times the path to healing may seem an arduous and somewhat frightening one, but you don't have to go through it alone. By joining After Silence you become part of a community that understands your struggles. We are here to support, listen, and heal together."

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User Profile: TalkativeIntrovert123
TalkativeIntrovert123 June 19th, 2015

That post above ^^^ is beautifully written.cryingsmiley

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User Profile: blitheSun94
blitheSun94 OP June 20th, 2015

It is from the homepage of the source. Hence the quotation marks. I agree, very important words. ♡

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User Profile: Calm91maze
Calm91maze June 21st, 2015

The post above is enriching feeling for any victim to read. I loved it and makes me feel good to know people out there want to help.

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User Profile: whyme11
whyme11 July 8th, 2015

@calm91maze, i love that picture you have

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User Profile: Dreamer02
Dreamer02 June 21st, 2015

I'm over the whole being touched thing. It's just that my parents did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about. I find that to be the hardest thing to overlook

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User Profile: blitheSun94
blitheSun94 OP June 21st, 2015

Very much agreed Dreamer02

User Profile: TheRealDX
TheRealDX July 21st, 2015

If you ever need to chat, you can chat with me about it, the same thing happened to me when i told too.

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User Profile: bubblyKitty31
bubblyKitty31 June 21st, 2015

Beautifully Written :) My parents did nothing about it either. I was pretty much alone through it all. It was the hardest thing i have ever had to go through

User Profile: Brielle224
Brielle224 June 23rd, 2015


Wow love this post :) so happy to find this!

User Profile: whyme11
whyme11 June 23rd, 2015

The only thing worse than a parent not doing anything about it is when one of them is the one that did it to you. Thanks from me also for posting this info.

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User Profile: politeCup86
politeCup86 July 21st, 2015

So true :(

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User Profile: kindkrissy29
kindkrissy29 June 24th, 2015

This post is amazing and beautifully written

User Profile: justme917
justme917 June 24th, 2015

this bought tears to my eyes. helped me understand a lot about myself

User Profile: blitheSun94
blitheSun94 OP June 27th, 2015

You are all most welcome. I just want to clarify that I did not write this. This message can be found on the home page of the source. I thought it important to share this message here. I hope some, if not all, of you find some additional support from this source. This is one of the darkest forms pain can take. You are not alone. heart

User Profile: BubblyDoll
BubblyDoll July 5th, 2015

Thanks for sharing, it will be helpful to many