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Hi Craisydaisy, I will put some links to a few of the different articles you might want to check out for techniques to relax and calm oneself. I hope they are helpful!!!

Hello and welcome @craisydaisy I'm sorry for what brought you here but I'm hopeful that AS can offer kind and compassionate support for you as you start your journey to healing from the painful memories of your past. We are glad that you have found our group and wish you strength as you struggle with all the feelings and memories brought up in the healing and recovery journey. Activist Ally

Hello Begonia and welcome to AfterSilence! I'm so sorry for the things that happened to bring you here but I'm glad you found AS for support with finding your way out of fear and darkness! I hope you will continue to realize that you are not a freak or monster for anything that was done to you or that you were forced to do that caused your trauma. Hoping the members of AS will support you so that it feels like we're with you every step of the way towards the light! ActivistAlly

Welcome back @itscleo. It sounds like a good step that you are giving therapy another chance and I hope it is helpful for you!!! As for not posting much that's okay, you can post as much or as little as you like. I hope you will get kind support here as you continue therapy and work for a better life.

Hello Bridget and welcome to AS! I am so sorry to hear what brought you here but I'm glad that you found this site and I hope it can be a source of support as you recover from having been attacked. I hope you will feel like people here on AS will be supporting you every step of the way on your road to healing. ActivistAlly

Yes it does make sense and it's perfectly valid for you to feel that way. I am glad you are okay with who you are!!!

Hello Becky! Welcome to After Silence!!! I am glad your therapist referred you so you found us but I'm sorry for the traumas that brought you to our community. I hope that being on the site will help you feel a little less awkward and alone and that it will feel like AS is supporting you every step of the way as you make your journey through life as a survivor. Please know that the NewbieSupportTeam (NST) is here to assist you if you have any questions about finding your way around or with anything in general. Please feel free to contact myself or any of the NST by PM and we will

Hello Sister I'm sorry that you've been through trauma to bring you here but I'm glad you found After Silence for support in the aftermath of what happened. I hope the site will be of value to you and give you some of the kind and compassionate support you deserve as you make your journey to healing. I'm glad you've got a good counselor to help you along the way and that you've reached out here for support! ActivistAlly

Hello Hopeful12 Welcome to After Silence!!! I'm sorry for what brought you here but I'm glad you found the site and I hope it will provide you with the kind of extra support outside of therapy that you are seeking. That's awful that your family demanded that you basically deny the truth in order to maintain relations with them. That must feel very unfair and like a betrayal that they would not believe you and support you when you told them the truth about what your father really did. Again, I hope you will find kind and compassionate support here from the members of AS and th

Hello Jazzmin, Welcome to After Silence I wish that nothing had happened to you that caused you to need a site like ours but I'm glad that you found us to help support you through the aftermath of what happened. I am glad you have been able to reach out to get therapy and that you have come to the point where you feel talking to fellow survivors could be helpful for your recovery journey. That is interesting that you maybe moved to Sweden as you say you don't speak the language at an advanced level! How adventurous to have made a move like that and I hope you enjoy living in

Welcome to AS SailorMoon and I hope you'll find this to be a safe and supportive place where you can talk about things with people who can understand a little better where you are coming from after enduring trauma. good luck!!! ActivistAlly

Hi Hiddenworld, I hope you will find supportive friends here who understand you and can help you feel more connected. Like Mary said, I hope you'll find no pressure or judgement here but compassion and kindness. ActivistAlly

@Thatsnotmycircus Hi KC Welcome to AS! I'm sorry that the things that brought you here happened to you but glad you reached out and joined the site. I hope it will help you as you deal with the aftermath of what you went through and work on living your life as well as possible. Sounds like you have some wonderful interests and despite what you went through it seems to me your spirit and warmth shine through. Good luck to you on your journey!!! ActivistAlly

Hello Sam30, I'm sorry you went through something so traumatic. There are no "shoulds" when it comes to a time frame for "moving on" because as you say it's hard. I think it might be a good sign that you are ready to share your story and I hope that AS (After Silence) can give you some of the kind and compassionate support you deserve as you work towards healing and adjusting to your life after trauma. I am part of the Newbie Support Team (NTS) and would like to officially welcome you to After Silence. It's our sincere wish that AS will be a safe and supportive site for you to explore

Hello May, I want to welcome you to After Silence. I'm sorry for the reason that brought you here but I'm glad you found us and I hope AS can be a place where you receive some of the kind and compassionate support you deserve as you walk towards healing from SA. I think you will find AS is quite gentle and certainly you will have time to get familiar with rules and such. Strength to you, Activist Ally