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Vaulted Ceiling | Brit's Story

2025/2/11
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You Probably Think This Story’s About You

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我,Brittani Ard,在姐姐去世一年后,开始意识到自己需要处理悲伤和创伤。在治疗过程中,我逐渐克服了犹豫,并最终向治疗师坦白了13岁时遭受的性侵经历。这对我来说是一个巨大的突破,因为我此前一直将这段痛苦的记忆深埋心底,长达14年之久。 在讲述这段经历的过程中,我并没有哭泣,而是感到一种平静,仿佛多年来压抑的情绪终于得到了释放。我开始理解性侵犯并非我的错,这种理解让我感到如释重负。 在治疗师的建议下,我向父亲和丈夫坦白了这段经历。父亲的理解和支持让我感受到深深的爱与接纳,也让我从长久的羞耻感中解脱出来。 这段经历深刻地影响了我对男性、两性关系和性的看法。在40多岁经历第二次离婚后,我才真正意识到13岁那晚的创伤如何改变了我作为女性的性身份认同。 如今,我积极地分享我的故事,希望帮助更多遭受类似经历的人。我意识到,我拥有掌控自己生活和表达自我的力量,这是一种来之不易的强大力量。虽然在40多岁才找到这种力量让我感到有些悲伤,但我庆幸自己最终获得了自由。 我过去的经历让我明白,在危险情况下,我曾经会选择冻结,而不是反抗。这让我意识到,创伤的治愈是一个漫长而复杂的过程,需要勇气、耐心和支持。

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Brittani begins therapy to manage her grief and starts opening up about her past, including the sexual assault she experienced at 13.
  • Brittani sought therapy after her sister's death.
  • She initially struggled with therapy but gradually opened up.
  • It took a year for Brittani to share her story of sexual assault with her therapist.

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This episode references to sexual assault and other mature themes.

The chapters we fear the most often hold the keys to our liberation. For Brittani, confronting the sexual assault she endured at 13 was not just a reckoning—it was a battle for her own voice. Her journey was anything but straightforward, winding through years of suppressed memories, silent struggles, and an internal war she fought alone.

For 14 years, Brittani carried the weight of her silence, hiding behind walls that had protected her for so long. But when she finally began therapy and shared her story with her loved ones, those walls started to crumble. Piece by piece, she dismantled the silence that had held her captive, discovering a resilience she hadn’t known was there.

Now, Brittani isn’t just surviving her past, she’s facing it head-on, reclaiming her power, and rewriting her future.

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