Tag: trauma recovery
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There comes a point in your healing where you realise… it’s not just about you anymore. Not because you’ve finished, no one ever really finishes, but because you’ve become…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one crowns you here. No finish line. No angels singing. No perfect sunrise to mark the shift. One day, you just notice: You didn’t apologise for existing. You…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series You think you’re healing. You feel lighter. Stronger. The storm passed, the ground’s still, your soul’s been through hell and back, and lived. But then it comes. Not as…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one talks about what happens after the breakthrough. Not in real terms. Not in the mess. Everyone’s quick to talk about transformation, the high, the moment you see…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series Before I ever thought of healing, I was just trying to get through the day. Not with purpose. Not with mindfulness. Just survival. My body was functioning, but my…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There’s a part of healing no one warns you about, the part where the sadness burns off, and underneath it, there’s rage. Not irritation. Not restlessness. Rage. The kind…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series This isn’t about love and light. This isn’t some soft-lit reel with ambient music and the word ‘healing’ in cursive. This is for the ones crawling through it. The…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial You didn’t leave your name. You didn’t need to. Your words said everything. They carried the weight of a stolen childhood, the betrayal of someone meant to protect you, and…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @sophielewiseditorial How delayed disclosure is still costing male survivors everything There are stories that take decades to be told. Not because they lack urgency — but because…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea There is a silence that surrounds male survivors of grooming. Not just in headlines, or courtrooms, or safeguarding policies — but in living rooms, group chats,…
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By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea This story was shared with full consent, anonymously, by a survivor whose voice carries the weight of hundreds more.At The Grooming Files, we speak the truths others…
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By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea To H, I sat with your story today.I sat with the pieces of you that were never protected, never heard, never held the way you should have…
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By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Disclaimer:This story has been shared with full consent. The survivor has chosen to remain anonymous. All identifying details have been removed to protect her privacy. This account…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea I didn’t realise how important this work was until the messages started coming. Not just likes, not comments — but real voices. Real people. Survivors who…
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