#RecoveryInRealTime was designed and written by a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, traumatic religious abuse, sexual assault, and witness to suicide.
Mondays in America... can we get a do-over as a country and figure out how to build it all up? Feels like it needs to be brought down before we can start over. Anyway... rock on, Survivor friends and those who love us
I imagine it being a weird week for decent white guys... to be male, white and not a completely patriarchal prick. I hope the only sound you're making is applause for women everywhere. #KavanaghHearing#BelieveWomen hold on to your hats, gentlemen... Mamma Roar is coming
All I know is that I wanted today's hearing to end with a @Mariska coming in and saying, "I'm Lieutenant Beson and I will get justice for you." #KavanaughConfirmationHearings#SVU20 Talk about sad, real life overshadowing your season opener! We need REAL Bensons in the FBI! ❤️
So Kavanaugh has already confirmed that:
1) he was hiding his angry, aggressive side.
2) he's vengeful AF
3) he is a hyperpartisan activist judge whose loyalty will remain with his party, not the country.
4) He can't be on the SCOTUS. Not now, not ever.
I never thought we needed a spokeswoman for surviving trauma, but if we did, Dr. Blasey Ford is the woman for the job! Wow!! Schooling the country on trauma memories and what happens to our brains, one terrible hearing moment at a time! #ChristineBlaseyFord#BelieveHer
If you're watching the #KavanaughHearings, we encourage you to honor your needs, take breaks as necessary, and make time for self-care. You matter. Your healing matters.
Grateful for #SexAbuseChat tonight. Topic was memory and trauma - ironic because just tapping in for an hour made me "forget" how lonely it can be as a survivor. @RachelintheOC 👍🏻 #BelieveSurvivors#RecoveryInRealTime happens one random tweet at a time 💪🏼❤️
Severe trauma can cause dissociation, fragmented memories, sleepiness, and tonic immobility. They are responses we should expect from brains dominated by the circuitry of fear (just as we should expect fragmented and incomplete memories). #SexAbuseChat via @jimhopper