𝓘𝓫𝓮𝔂 𝓘𝓰𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓪𝓼

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but we don’t talk about the life survivors have to rebuild AFTER the abuse. Leaving doesn’t automatically mean freedom…Sometimes the hardest battles begin AFTER you’ve walked away. The court systems, the triggers, the anxiety, the hypervigilance, and learning how to feel safe in your own body again. As a mother, a woman of faith, and a survivor, I’ve had moments where I questioned God, questioned myself, and wondered when it would finally end. But one thing I’ve learned is that surviving and healing are 2 different battles. ❤️‍🩹 I refuse to let what happened to me determine who I become. I still choose LOVE. I still choose KINDNESS. I still choose to HELP others. But now I choose MYSELF, MY PEACE, and MY BOUNDARIES too. And to anyone silently fighting battles nobody sees, I pray you find the strength to keep going. Healing isn’t linear, and you don’t have to prove your strength by suffering in silence🙏🏼 Let’s talk about the PTSD, the depression, the anxiety, the physical toll of trauma, and the courage it takes to start over. Because awareness shouldn’t end at recognizing abuse. It should extend to understanding what survivors carry long after… Glory to God He Brought Life Into Me🙏🏼🤍
Side note: It’s been a few years, and I want to make one thing clear. I don’t share my story to bring hate toward him or to paint him as the person he was back then. Truthfully, I don’t know the man he is today, and I won’t pretend that I do. All I can do is pray that he’s doing better, that he’s found peace, and that he’s grown from the past. I’ve learned that forgiveness doesn’t erase what happened, and healing doesn’t mean pretending it didn’t hurt. I can wish someone well from a distance while still speaking about what I survived. This isn’t about who he is today. It’s about what I went through, how it affected me, and the woman I’m becoming despite it. I don’t wish him harm. I wish us both healing, on separate paths. ❤️‍🩹🙏🏼#DVAwarenessMonth #Survivor #fyp #MentalHealthAwareness #HealingJourney