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Sending love 💚 to Survivors 💚 this Month, and always 🙏

: The Trauma that gets dismissed the most.

Sibling abuse is one of the most overlooked forms of trauma—often minimized as “normal fighting” or “just how siblings are.”

But when harm is repeated, dismissed, or ignored, it leaves deep emotional wounds that don’t just disappear with time.

Healing begins when you stop minimizing what you went through and allow yourself to name it for what it was. Your experience is valid. 🤎

Pay Attention👇👇👇

“When we grow up in , there are many things that leave us way too open to the world.

Between the parentification, the constant holding of space for unsafe adults, the crossed boundaries, and the need to manage an abusive parent just to survive—we were trained to be so available and accessible.

But behind all of that is the neglect and the missing parenting.

We never had a safe adult in our lives telling us the truth:

You don’t have to feel for everyone.
You are enough even if you aren’t being liked.
You don’t have to scan the room to see who needs help or connection.
The gate keeps you safe.

You can close your gate because you are enough just as you are. You don’t have to make eye contact with people who are only looking for their next resource. Eye contact doesn’t mean real contact.

You have the power to close your gate, and you don’t have to give that up just because someone is standing at the threshold.

Does it feel mean to you or perhaps a missed opportunity? That might be your inner child still thinking contact and connection can exist with anyone willing.”

Patrick Teachan, LICSW

End Gender-based Violence 💪💜

Rights We Are Still Fighting For this 👭💜

Women’s Rights are Human Rights 💜

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Forms of we don’t talk about enough.

Source: Ron Yap on IG