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Hi suture, I am sorry for the tramua you have been through. I am glad to see you have supportive people around you. You are right you can't change it or forget it, but the good thing you can work it out that it doesn't control your life. It takes time and you are not alone in this journey of healing, we are here for you. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Patricia

Hi NottustMoco , welcome to AS. I am very sorry for what happened to you. It's not right what he did and the court system was not there for you. All of us here understand triggers and they are so hard. It's important for you to know you did nothing wrong.i agree with @Hoping8 try to find a smell that you like, for me it's pepermint. When I can't sleep I will but a little on my pillow. I find music to be very powerful to me, at times i will play a song over and over, do you have a favourite singer. These are little things you can do. I am sorry to say you can't change what happened to you but know you are not alone in this journey of healing. Many here understand what you are going through and we are here for you. Patricia

Hi Dakota welcome to AS. I am sorry for what you have been through. You will find this to a very supportive site. You are not alone in your journey of healing. Patricia

Hi Rosedoll welcome to AS. This site is for all types of abuse. All abuse effects us and we have tramua from them. You will this to be a supportive site and we are here for you. Patricia

Hi DresdenDoll, welcome to AS. I am also a CSA survivor. I understand the feeling of hard to open up and letting that mask down. You will find support here and many who understand what you have gone through. Take your time looking over the site , we are here for you and you are not alone. Patricia

Hi Hoping8 welcome to AS. I am glad you found our site. I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. I am sorry it took so long for you to to get approved. The staff try there best and I know the moderator want to make sure this is a safe place but I am glad you are here. Only you can see your birthday, my birthday shows up because when I signed we were on the old systems, but the new one only you can see it. I am a night owl too , it's 2:40 am here. Just too let you know anything you put in your is public and the welcome is public. Take your time looking over the site and remember you are not alone here. Patricia

Hi FieryBunny, welcome to AS. Sorry you are go in through a hard time. You will find this to be a supportive site and you are not alone here. Take your time looking over the site and remember you are not alone. We are here for you. Patricia

Hi Rhiannon welcome to AS , I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through that brought you here. You will find this to be a very supportive site and we know how you are feeling. Take your time going over the site. We are here for you as you start your journey of healing. Patricia

Hi Donna welcome to AS, I am also a survivor of child abuse. You mentioned about blogging, the one thing to remember is blogging is not private anyone can read what you wrote, they don't have to join AS. You may want to remember that, the welcome forum is not a protected forum but the other ones are. As @Capulet said you can blog whatever you want. Some of us don't blog, we just read the forums. Take your time looking over the site. I am happy you found us. Patricia

Hi Lottie, welcome to AS, I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. Like you I have a great team at home but it's nice to have people who know what I feeling or how bad a trigger can be. You will find this to be a supportive site. I am glad you found us. Patricia

Hi Sun welcome to AS. I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. Like the others have said taking that first step is the hardest and you have done it. We all know what it feels like to feel so low but I can tell you this is a safe place and we are here , you don't need to take this journey of healing alone. Patricia

Hi Kallihope welcome to AS, we are here to support in this journey. Patricia

Hi Morden, welcome to AS, I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. You will find this to be a supportive site. I am like you and have a very supportive husband. I know he likes it that a found a place where I feel safe. Patricia

Hi minute, welcome to AS. I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. It can be overwhelming when you first come to a new a site but remember we were all in your place at one time. Take your time looking over the site, you are not alone here. Patricia