Professor Albus Of Dumbs

GEORGIA VOTERS: 40,000 ballots were rejected in Dekalb County, GA. Check your ballot status. You need to have their ballot "cured" by Friday before it's thrown out. Call 888-730-5816 for GA Voter Protection Hotline.

*in Draco Malfoy's voice* my therapist will hear about this

*in Draco Malfoy's voice* my therapist will hear about this

Trauma didn't make me nice, I consciously made me nice because I don't want anyone else to suffer like I did. Trauma didn't make me strong, I made me strong. Don't you dare ever tell me my trauma made me anything but scared, broken, and confused. Don't give credit to the abusers for me being a good person. They didn't make me good, I made myself good.

Ask yourself why you do what you do. Why do you react that way…? Why do you withdraw or want to fight or throw yourself into anything else when faced with stress? Why do you feel the desire to fall back on behaviors & patterns you want to move from when you’re met with a certain situation? You can identify the root, but then you have to pull it. You can get caught up in trying to identify and find the source of your suffering and think when you’ve found it you’re done. Once you find the source & put your attention on it, it begins to dissipate. When you sit with it and work to understand what it’s trying to teach you it dissolves even more. This isn’t a one time process, you can return again and again to the same root source before it’s been dissolved and released. So be patient but continue to examine your actions & speech for self-understanding.

I’m only one DV attorney who works with one DV organization, but, at least in New York, even though courts are shut down for most everything else, getting orders of protection is considered an emergency and you are absolutely allowed to file for them. you can still contact crisis hotlines even if walk-ins or in-person appointments are no longer available. you can still get help even though everything else is shut down.