Erica ~ Mother, Flaneuse, Artist, Poet, Chanteuse

Opinions are my own ~ Social Artist, Poet,

[Maryam @hell_line0]

I don't know who needs to hear this ... but the older i get, the more i realize some women never got the chance to actually live,they spent most of their life healing from pain they did not create,they were not building dreams, they were cleaning up someone else’s mess..

[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

A big misconception about abuse is that it’s all about rage — a sudden outburst, a loss of control. But domestic abuse is rarely just a single act of violence. More often, it’s a pattern of control that unfolds over time and infiltrates every corner of daily life.
It’s a slow, suffocating erosion of a person’s freedom, autonomy, and safety.
This pattern is not accidental. It is designed.
Abusers know what they’re doing.
#DomesticAbuseAwareness

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Years of our sympathetic nervous system stuck in the "on" position is going to distort our beliefs, patterns of focus, & self talk. It's not that trauma "becomes" our personalty-- we're still in there, beneath all the tension & reactivity.

We've just been hijacked & hidden.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

I don't need you 100% convinced you can change, or fully committed to changing today. I just need you open to the possibility your nervous system is malleable-- that it changed in painful ways in response to trauma, & it can change in chosen ways in response to recovery tools.

[🦢 @damnidc__]

A 16-year-old girl refused to give her number to a boy in her chemistry class. He waited for her after school, pushed her into his car, and drove to a remote field. He broke her jaw, then left her there in the rain. When she was found, hypothermic and bleeding, he told police she had "agreed to go for a drive." The school counselor suggested she apologize for "misleading him." Her jaw is wired shut. He's still on the honor roll but sure, tell me how girls are "too dramatic."

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

Being understood is not just emotionally important. It’s biologically essential.

When people feel understood, the brain’s reward centers light up. When they feel misunderstood, the brain registers pain. That’s not metaphorical. It’s neurophysiology.

[Living with Trauma & Dissociation @RhiaCrewe]

💜 It’s a ridiculous thing to say, ‘what didn’t kill you makes you stronger’ this is a throwaway statement minimising people’s pain. 💜

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

A thing almost everybody reading this has in common is, we are absolutely committed to NOT being like our abusers & bullies-- which starts w/ how we talk to & behave toward ourselves.

Kicking the sh*t out of ourselves is not an option if we really don't want to be like "them."

[✧ @cessonmute]

girls do not grow up faster. they are sexualized earlier, disciplined more harshly, punished more often, and told to be quiet. from childhood, they are forced to carry the emotional weight, responsibility, and “maturity” of adults long before they are allowed to just be kids.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Blog: "I want you to know how overwhelmingly proud of you I am.

That’s true whether or not I personally know you.

Even if I don’t know you— I know you."

https://t.co/wqhd0weG1T

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

I am sending compassion and peace to every assault survivor who is going through it right now. May your story be held with gentle hands as you find whatever you may need to know how much you and your story matter.

[CCHR United Kingdom @cchruk]

Inflicting brain damage with #ECT and brazenly promoting the damage as therapeutic "treatment" is a justification used by psychiatrists to mitigate the offence being committed.

The most surprising aspect of this damage which is occurring in plain sight is the fact they've been able to get away with it for so long. But the psychiatric propaganda is wearing thin as more and more people see past the lies and become fully informed whether a patient or simply a member of the public.

In light of all the information that exists regarding the damage being inflicted, there will be no excuses for those who have been complicit in its use when the hammer falls. https://t.co/qyaX3q67jz #mentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #psychiatry

[💗 @ma1ybe]

I once left a man I loved cause when I was sick and we were living together. He came back from work & he was disappointed that I didn't cook for him. Then, he only cooked for himself for whole week & when I asked him, he said "I can't cook for us both I'm tired, I don't care if you're sick, you ain't working a 9 to 5 like me"... Ladies, empathy is the most Important thing to look for in a life partner!!

[Virtual EMDR @VirtualEmdr]

@defendsurvivors Belief is the Starting Line, Not the Finish Line, Simply believing a survivor's account should be the automatic default, not a commendable act of generosity.
Our responsibility to survivors extends far beyond simply accepting their story, it requires active support and advocacy.

[Defend Survivors @defendsurvivors]

“Too often, survivors are forced to feel grateful for the smallest scraps of decency. Our society has lowered the bar so far that simply being told, “I don’t think you’re lying” is treated as if it’s an extraordinary kindness.”

https://t.co/Nzb8aAbKBF