I feel like there are trauma reactions that we are very hush hush about because weāre afraid of other people judging us.Ā
there are survivors who crave abuse because it is all they know
there are survivors who crave getting beat up and called every horrible name
there are survivors who age regress
there are hypersexual survivorsĀ
there are survivors whoās trauma has left them with kinks they are ashamed of
there are survivors who fantasize about being raped, about reliving their trauma
there are survivors who want their abuser to die, and there are survivors who would die for their abuser
trauma reactions can be messy and ugly, because trauma is a messy and ugly thing. this does not mean we support abuse, but rather, our bodies and minds had to adapt and cope.Ā people respond to trauma differently. we are not Bad Survivors.