I was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at the ripe old age of nine. And having never heard of PTSD before, I did the obvious...

I was 11 years old when I was assaulted by a family "friend" His wife taught me in church and became like a grandmother to me since one...

I became suicidal by the time I was 8 years old after years of racial abuse at primary school and on the streets of my home time. It's...

When I met her I thought I’d won the lottery. There was something about the way she looked at me that made me feel like she really wanted...

In The Beginning In the way that it usually begins with domestic violence, it started off well. Very well. I was so enraptured with...

My name is Jeni Fitts, I have schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia and bipolar mixed) and this is my survival story. In...

Eight years ago, I got a call no one wants to receive. Bittersweet, horrible news from my husband’s sister. A search party made up of...

It was time to face the truth. I couldn’t hide from it any longer. I was a sexual abuse survivor and I couldn’t change it. Or, should I...

My name is Tracy. I’m 45 years old. I’m a wife and mother to 4 boys. I was diagnosed with PTSD and panic disorder at the age of 14. Due...

On my testicular cancer awareness blog, A Ballsy Sense of Tumor, I have written extensively about what it’s like to experience depression...

As a little girl I was sexually molested by my friends father (as were a lot of other kids in my neighbourhood) and sexuality abused for...

Story time Welcome to my story time on the survival’s blog. When I was two years old I was tested for autism which came back negative but...

It has been a little over a year since my daughter died. Sometime back I quit keeping track of the weeks and then months. My memories of...

When I was abused, I formed my identity and personality around what happened to me. I wore it as a shield as if to say to people: “Before...

What does it mean to be sexually assaulted? It is different for every single person. Before I start my story, please imagine a young girl...

My name is Tori. I’m 16 years old and live in the United States. I am diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term...

I have been quiet for so long and it seems like nothing I learned in the last 11 years, can even come close to what I learned in my first...

My dad, lets call him Steve, was super excited when my mom got pregnant with me. He always wanted a daughter & was convinced from the...

I attempted suicide for the first time a few weeks after my 16th birthday. It was a Saturday. Parts of the week leading up to it are...

Thank you to Rebecca for allowing me the honor of writing this guest post! I appreciate anyone reading and recommend you to share her...