Serena Hickes

Proud Inuk ♥ Patient Engagement/Advocate, Mom and Ananstiaq

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

This is so valid - I’m the enemy in all stories from the two of them

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

Your abuser is going to lie about you. A lot. They are going to pretend that none of it ever happened. They are going to reposition themselves as a victim of you. They are going to claim you are crazy, vengeful and psychotic. Then they are going to use ‘mental health’ to also reframe themselves as vulnerable and in need of support and love because of what you have supposedly done to them.

They are going to turn loved ones against you. They are going to try to manipulate your kids. They are going to spend years convincing people that you are obsessed with them. That you still love them. That you’re jealous of their new partners. That you can’t stand that they moved on.

They are going to claim that you are a compulsive liar. That you are an attention seeker. That you have a victim complex. That you are emotionally unstable. That you have issues.

It’s a script. It’s a fucking blueprint. It’s the same thing over and over and over again, and you know what?

It works. The abuser is usually successful in the complete reframing of you, and you begin to question your own truth. You begin asking yourself if you are a liar. If you are exaggerating. Whether any of it ever happened. Whether you are mentally ill. Whether you are a good enough parent to your kids. Whether you should go to your doctor. Whether it would just be better to end it all.

I know thousands of women will read this post and comment underneath ‘this is exactly what happened to me’. This is what we are all up against when we disclose abuse or violence.

So I just want to remind you today that NO ONE can take away your truth, and the truth remains the truth no matter how much it is contorted and moulded by the abuser. They know what they did. And so do you.

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@AllAboutDaTea WTF 😡

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@MsBehavior Nope and nope

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

Does anyone know what is happening on Main Street

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@bhobs22 Inuit people live in Manitoba we are affected as well here in Manitoba

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@JennArndt Oh absolutely!!!!!!

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@JennArndt Chances are she was not ready

[CTV W5 @CTVW5]

Ray Cole invited @CTVW5 to witness his medically assisted death. He wants all of Canada to know that for those with a terminal illness, having control over how you die brings peace of mind. Watch “Death Wish” tonight at 7pm.

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@Montyzuma99 @MarkCherrington Police are not preventive-

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Grape lovers paradise.

[Historic Hub @HistoricHub]

How kids learn swimming in Ireland, 1973.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

What a kid! 😂

https://t.co/q8ad8ZkEi1

[Interesting @interestingaf]

Water speed is set to 24.3 and everyone gets a chance to get after it.

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@JennArndt It’s oddly satisfying to look at

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@JennArndt @torque_brewing Wonderful news!!!!

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@MarkCherrington I never understand these type of decisions

[virgin loser @stonershelb]

Today marks 600 days since the Norway Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Sámi with no action being taken to enforce the ruling.

Indigenous resistance is global and we’re all stronger when we stand for our rights together

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@pain_canada @drsaminaali I’m also told I’m making up my symptoms/I am wasting their time. These are only a few things I have been told not suggested- told

[Serena Hickes @inuk37]

@pain_canada @drsaminaali Sadly I see people stop speaking medical care because of this. I have had pharmacists, physicians and a few nurses pre-judge me because of my race. I’m told that I am a pill seaker (I have always refused heavy pain medications) or I am most likely going to sell my prescriptions