19-Coming out with my story

When I first came out with my story I had two people that messaged me that went through similar situations. Every single day my guy friend messages me making sure that I’m ok and that I’m healing properly. He was abused, but it is not something he talks about. He does talk about it with me though to help me through the process. As for my aunt that went through it, she reached out to me immediately and helped me to get extra help. She has been my mentor through it all. I hadn’t talked to her in years as she had gone through a divorce with one of my family members. I didn’t know why they had got divorced, but when she heard what I was going through she reached out to me. She had been married and dated a narcissist. She has walked me through all of the beginning stages and also continues to guide me through my healing journey which I feel is very important to get as far as I have as fast as I have. She got me into my life coach, gives me advice with my counselor, I meet with her every couple weeks to discuss things, and I talk with her daily. She makes sure that I am on the right track and that I am taking the right steps to heal properly.

When everything first happened my aunt told me that I was going to feel every single emotion known to man. I would be sad, happy, angry, and everything else under the sun. She told me that these emotions will last for a very long time and they will rotate throughout the process, something that was also very important to know for my healing process. As of right now, my healing process has been going very well for the most part. Since coming out with my story it has helped others come out with theirs and also made it possible for myself and other abuse survivors to talk about the issues we have faced and still do face.

This is the picture I posted when I came out with my story. I was ready to open a new chapter, so I did something that made me uncomfortable. At the time I was uncomfortable with this picture because I felt fat, but now I just love it! It explains a story!