Trudi

3 years ago I was physically assaulted and ended up in hospital for days.

Then I was sexually assaulted repeatedly by multiple men.

That’s when the stalking really took off, trying to scare me into not doing statements about it then the big kicker, my business was burnt down whilst I was negotiating a sale.

I felt like my life was over. I’d just got out of the chaos of drug addiction and I was fighting to stay clean whilst all this was happening.

I felt so much sadness. I lost my income, I lost my assets, who even was I without working 14 hour days, 6 days a week.
My identity was my success.

I stayed in bed for close to a year, battling depression, struggling with the adjustment, anxious and scared.
I had moved back in with my parents because I couldn’t look after myself, isolating because I was too scared to even go to the supermarket on my own until 1 day I’d had enough.

No more!

I decided I needed to get my head straight.
Stop having a victim mentality.
Start being proactive.
Chase goals again.
Pivot and adapt to my new life.

Now my life is full of blessings, travel, happiness and building my community back up again.

Grateful for the lessons and experiences that have put me where I am now.

You can’t break someone that refuses to quit.

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