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Welcome to AS @Eliza22 I am sorry that you have experienced trauma but I am glad you found your way here. There are many people who will be able to relate to your experiences.

@Lily023 Welcome to AS. There are many people here who will be able to relate to your experiences. You are not alone!

@twentyYrsAngry welcome to AS…. I am sorry that you endured trauma, but I am glad that you found your way here. As other have already said, putting the memories away and being “fine” for years is a normal coping mechanism. I can definitely understand how working with children who have had traumatic lives can start to trigger one’s own trauma to come back to the surface. I had suppressed so many memories from my childhood until I started teaching at a school with a high level of generational trauma in the community. Again, welcome to AS! You are not alone here.

@roymustang It is unfair and unfortunate that you have had to endure trauma. You will definitely find people who will be able to relate to your experiences. Being here on AS has definitely helped me on the journey towards healing.

@Kimidare I am sorry that you experienced trauma, but I am glad you found your way here. You are always free to interact as little or as much as you want here.

@leanneC88 Welcome to AS. I am glad that you found yourself here. EMDR does have a tendency to allow repressed traumas to come to the surface. That is very similar to what happened with me. In the early stages of remembering those traumatic experiences it can feel very intense, but it does get better. AS has definitely been one of the resources that helped me cope with it all. You will find that there are many other people here that will be able to relate to your experiences. You are definitely not alone.

Hello @RadiantlyReesie I am glad that you found your way to AS. There are many wonderful people here who can relate to your experiences. I am glad that your T recommended a place like AS. It truly helps to know that you are not alone.

@Blue84 I am sorry that you experienced trauma, it was unfair, undeserved, and definitely not your fault. Many predators are gifted at grooming their intended victims and preying on their vulnerabilities. I am glad that you were able to get out of that situation and glad that you are reaching out for support. There are many people here who will be able to relate to your experiences, you are definitely not alone.

@rainbowunicorn I am sorry that you have experienced trauma but I am glad that you found your way to our community. Fragmented memories are very common around traumatic events and many of us have difficulty at times believing those memories. You are not alone in feeling that way. One thing I have done when I start to doubt my experiences, is looking back at all the trauma debris in my life the dysfunctional coping mechanisms, difficulties with relationships, etc. these things didn’t come from nowhere.

@alnoelle I am sorry to that you have experienced trauma, but I am glad that you found your way here. There are many people here who will related to your experiences. As we move on through life, even if we have done considerable work to work through our past traumas, sometimes different things will trigger aspects that we had not yet considered, and perhaps didn't even know existed. You are definitely not alone here.

@selkiespot I am sorry that you have endured trauma, but I am glad you found this community. There are many people here who will relate to your experience. You are not alone here.

Hi Roxanne, I am sorry for the trauma that you endured, but I am glad that you found this community. This is a very supportive community.

Hi @sam72173 I am sorry that you have experienced loss and pain. There are many here who will relate to your experiences.

Welcome to AS. I am sorry for the reasons that brought you here but I am glad you found us.

welcome to AS