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Hi drgncro, welcome to AS. I think many of us having been following the Ford case. My husband and I were talking about the same thing you brought up. It's maddening when people don't understand what we need to do survive a tramua. It's hard for people to talk about it in 2018 , things were so much worse in 82. You have found a safe place here. Patricia

Hi Sunflower welcome to AS. I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. I think most of us understand that bittersweet feeling. Remember you are not alone in this journey of healing. Patricia

Hi clg, welcome to AS. I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. It's hard when old wounds get open. You are not alone here and we are with you during this journey. Patricia

Hi PBJ17, welcome to AS. I am glad you found our site. Take as much time you need to be behind the screen, there is never any pressure in sharing your story. I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through but glad you have the support of your husband and starting T. You are not alone in this journey. Patricia

Hi bam welcome to AS, I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. I found having my daughter's to be a big trigger. I got through things with them, they are now grown women. You will find support here and you are not alone. Patricia

Hi profeadg, welcome to AS. Happy birthday. I'm 63 so it's never to early or late to deal with tramua. I am sorry you are being revisited by tramua. You have a support site and we are here for you. Patricia

Hi Lwaxana welcome to AS. I am sorry for whay you have been through. I am glad you reached out to us. Take your time going over our site, there is no pressure or time limited to share, some chose to never share everything. This site is for you and to know you are not allow. Patricia

Hi L3anne, welcome to AS. I am sorry for thr tramua you have been through. You will find this to be a supportive site, there is no pressure to share anything just take your time looking over the site and remember you are not alone. Patricia

Hi TeaLove, I understand how you feel , I was a mom of young daughters and I worried what happened to me would happen to them. I taught them to respect their bodies. One of the things I did teach them was they didn't have to hug people even me or my husband. They had the right to say no. It also taught them when they started dating that they have the right to say no. Both my girls are grown women now,, one is a hugger one isn't but it all comes down to their choice. Patricia

Hi welcome to AS. I am sorry for the tramua that brought you here. You don't have to share anything, just take your time looking over the site . Patricia

Hi Chrissy, welcome to AS, I am sorry for th tramua that you have been through. Take your time looking over the site. You are not alone here. Patricia

Hi missingMH welcome to AS. I am sorry for the tramua that you have been through. I was molested too as a child. You find that here you may see the term CSA it means Child sexually abuse. I am sorry for your husband did to you, its not right, this is a person you should have been able to trust. You will not feel alone or an outcast here. Oh I think I am pass middle age getting close to old now. Patricia

Hi Cali welcome to AS. I am sorry for the trauma that you have been. It's hard for some people to understand when we have been through a trauma. You will find support here and people who will understand. Patricia

Hi Rj welcome to AS, our chat has been down,we are hoping it comes up soon. I hope you take your time and look over our site. Patricia

Hi cunixdr welcome to AS, I'm sorry for the tramua that you have been through. Don't ever worry about sharing here. There is no pressure to share anything. Just take your time looking over the site and remember you are not alone and we are here for you. Patricia

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 t

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

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 and 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