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It's hard to imagine what Jayme Closs, the 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who escaped her kidnapper safely on January 10 after being held captive for 88 days, is dealing with in the aftermath of her abduction.

Missing since October 15, her accused abductor, Jake Patterson, 21, fatally shot both of her parents, taped her hands and ankles together, and put her in the trunk of his car before driving her to his cabin in the middle of the night, reports CNN.

The conditions Jayme faced were horrendous. She was forced to go “without food, water, or access to a toilet for as long as 12 hours,” according to the New York Times. She was also barricaded under his bed when he had guests over, and while the details of her captivity have not been made public yet, Patterson allegedly was physically violent. Jayme managed to escape the cabin and run to a nearby road, where a woman walking her dog took her to a house and called police.

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Details of her harrowing experience are stomach-churning, sure, and she showed incredible bravery and strength during her ordeal. But what may lie ahead for Jayme as she begins healing? Here's what a child abduction expert told us.

The road to recovery

“When you compound a kidnapping with the loss of parental figures, the emotion of grief is likely to be overwhelming,” Rebecca Bailey, PhD, a child abduction expert and the director of Transitioning Families, tells Health. Her grief may have been “unprocessed” as she was being held, Bailey explains, so Jayme may just now be dealing with her parents' murders. “During captivity, an enormous amount of energy is channeled into mere survival, leaving the victim with little energy for anything else,” she says.

Now that Jayme is home, the road ahead may be fraught with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), though not everyone will experience this mental health condition, says Dr. Bailey, who has treated Jaycee Dugard, the California woman who survived an 18-year abduction from 1991 to 2009. Shock, numbness, anxiety, guilt, depression, anger, and a sense of helplessness are some of the other emotions that kidnapping victims often face upon their release, according to the American Psychological Association.

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During recovery, it's also normal to experience intrusive thoughts and flashbacks. Many trauma survivors try to avoid these and think of them as obstacles preventing them from moving on. But they actually may be an important part of healing, says Dr. Bailey. Beyond the mental and emotional fallout is the physical toll of trauma, which can manifest in the body as medical problems and stick around for years.

One common roadblock Jayme will likely face, something all kidnapping victims struggle with, is regaining a sense of safety. “Safety and security is the most important ingredient to the ability to heal and stabilize after a traumatic experience,” says Dr. Bailey.

Even a victim's ability to make choices for themselves-something that was taken away from them during the kidnapping-can be burdensome. “Freedom, although wonderful, can come with a number of stresses,” she adds.

Facing her captor in court

Patterson has appeared in court on charges of intentional homicide, kidnapping, and armed burglary, according to CNN. His bail is $5 million. If and when he has a trial, Jayme won't have to testify, prosecutors have said. But she may still have to deal with what Dr. Bailey calls the "overwhelming circus" around a case, which includes everything from public speculation and scrutiny to TV commentators “projecting doomsday futures for the survivor." 

What will help Jayme get through this is a strong family network, people she trusts who she can retreat to for support and love. “Individuals and families need a place to heal and reconnect. Having this time [together] is imperative,” says Bailey. It's also worth noting that her family members likely have their own complicated feelings associated with her kidnapping and release that they will need to process and work through.

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The long-term outlook

People are incredibly resilient-something that is proven after horrors like natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and mass shootings. Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 and held captive for nine months, has spoken out about Jayme's ordeal and has urged her and her family to "create a new normal," according to People.

But how can a 13-year-old who has lost both of her parents adjust to that new normal, as well as thrive and forge a successful future? “I have experienced firsthand individuals who have survived incredible circumstances,” says Dr. Bailey. “The people I've worked with express they are grateful each day for their release and do not dwell on the past. They can absolutely recover. The kidnapping will always be a part of them but does not need to define them,” she says.

A Florida surgeon has agreed to pay a $3,000 fine, as well as perform hours of continued medical training, after removing a woman's kidney during what was intended to be back surgery.

According to court records, Maureen Pacheco, who checked into Florida's Wellington Regional Medical Center in April 2016 to have a few vertebra in her lower back fused together, was not consulted about the change of plans, the Washington Post reported.

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However, during the back procedure, surgeon Ramon Vazquez mistook her kidney for a cancerous tumor in Pacheco's pelvis and cut it out, according to the Palm Beach Post, citing a lawsuit that had been settled in September.

A pathologist at the hospital confirmed that the tumor was actually a pelvic kidney, the Palm Beach Post reported. Pelvic kidneys refer to organs that failed “to ascend to their normal position above the waist” during fetal development, ” according to the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

In addition to the $3,000 fine, Vasquez has also agreed to complete 3 hours of continuing medical edition in how to evaluate pre-operative spinal surgical patients, as well as five hours of risk management training, according to a court documents filed by the Florida Board of Medicine on Dec. 27.

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Vasquez has also agreed to perform a one-hour lecture regarding wrong-site surgery “to the entire medical staff of the hospital” where he maintains staff privileges, according to the documents.

Additionally the surgeon will pay the $4,817.90 in costs the Florida Department of Health incurred while investigating and prosecuting the case.

Prior to reaching the final agreement, the Florida Board of Medicine initially rejected a settlement that carried only a $1,500 fine, according to the Palm Beach Post.

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In a statement, the surgeon's attorney, Michael Burt told the Palm Beach Post, “Dr. Vazquez is an excellent surgeon who has been providing exemplary, often life-saving services in our community for many years. In this instance he, in collaboration with other members of the surgical team, exercised professional judgement.”

Vazquez's attorney also told the outlet that the lawsuit “was settled on his behalf for a nominal amount,” adding that his client did not “admit liability by agreeing to this settlement.”

According to a health complaint filed by the Florida Health Department in December, the “unauthorized procedure” was “medically unnecessary” as it was “unrelated” to the lumbar fusion Pacheco was scheduled to receive that day.

The complaint also claimed that Vazquez made a “presumptive diagnosis” and did not perform a “biopsy of the mass…given the potential malignancy.”

According to the lawsuit, Vazquez - who had no prior record of discipline on file with the state's Board of Medicine - was not consulted about the two MRIs that had been performed ahead of the procedure, in which the kidney could be clearly seen, according to the Palm Beach Post.

Prior to agreeing to the final order, Vazquez told the Florida Board of Medicine on Dec. 7 that while Pacheco's test results were not available to him at the time of her surgery, he now makes sure he reviews all films of patients, according to the outlet.

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Some experts say a woman over 35 has a 30 percent chance of developing a thyroid disorder. One simple explanation is that today's more sensitive and sophisticated tests catch the ailment sooner, leading to more diagnoses. But even if that's true many experts think hypothyroidism is under-diagnosed, and researchers don't know why. Possible explanations include:

Stress

Its everywhere these days. Many thyroidologists recommend that patients try yoga, meditation, and other stress-reducers. Some experts believe that finding healthy ways to cope with stress might help prevent immune-system attacks like Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the most frequent cause of hypothyroidism, or at least slow its onset.

RELATED: 19 Signs Your Thyroid Isn't Working Right

Environmental toxins

Chemicals that disrupt the body's endocrine system may be throwing peoples hormones out of whack. An American Thyroid Association investigative meeting in the spring tackled the topic of environmental effects on the thyroid.

Nutritional deficiencies and/or imbalances

Too much or too little iodine, selenium deficiency from soil, fluoride in water, and too much soy in todays diet may be culprits.

Some experts say a woman over 35 has a 30 percent chance of developing a thyroid disorder. One simple explanation is that today's more sensitive and sophisticated tests catch the ailment sooner, leading to more diagnoses. But even if that's true many experts think hypothyroidism is under-diagnosed, and researchers don't know why. Possible explanations include:

Stress

Its everywhere these days. Many thyroidologists recommend that patients try yoga, meditation, and other stress-reducers. Some experts believe that finding healthy ways to cope with stress might help prevent immune-system attacks like Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the most frequent cause of hypothyroidism, or at least slow its onset.

RELATED: 19 Signs Your Thyroid Isn't Working Right

Environmental toxins

Chemicals that disrupt the body's endocrine system may be throwing peoples hormones out of whack. An American Thyroid Association investigative meeting in the spring tackled the topic of environmental effects on the thyroid.

Nutritional deficiencies and/or imbalances

Too much or too little iodine, selenium deficiency from soil, fluoride in water, and too much soy in todays diet may be culprits.

Admit it: You've occasionally (or more than occasionally) wished you could hit mute on the men in your life. That wish recently came true for a woman in China, but it didn't quite happen the way it does in our dreams. She was diagnosed with a type of hearing loss that left her unable to understand low-pitched sounds, a.k.a. male voices. 

According to the Daily Mail, a Chinese woman only identified by her last name, Chen, woke up one morning unable to hear her boyfriend's voice. Chen was also up vomiting the night before and started to notice a ringing in her ear then, so she knew something serious was going on. 

RELATED: Your Ultimate Guide to Healthy Ears

She went to Qianpu Hospital, where an ear, nose, and throat specialist Lin Xiaoqing diagnosed her with a rare form of low-frequency hearing damage called reverse-slope hearing loss (RSHL), which prevents people from hearing low-frequency sounds. 

Chen, who lives in southeastern China, is one of very few people to develop the condition. The Thigpen Hearing Center, an audiology clinic in Tennessee, states that RHSL affects only about 3,000 people in the United States and Canada. In other words, for every 12,000 cases of hearing loss, only one person has RSHL.

People with RHSL typically have no problem hearing high-frequency sounds, like voices of women and children, but they struggle to hear low-frequency noises, like vehicles, thunder, and voices over the phone.

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Dr. Xiaoqing reported Chen could hear her voice perfectly fine during the appointment, but she couldn't understand the voice of a male patient who was also at the hospital. 

Many things can cause RHSL, including genetic abnormalities and certain diseases and infections. A change in the pressure of the fluid in the inner ear has also been known to be a trigger. Dr. Xiaoqing believes Chen developed the condition because of stress and a severe lack of sleep. Thankfully, Chen is expected to make a full recovery after treatment. 

Admit it: You've occasionally (or more than occasionally) wished you could hit mute on the men in your life. That wish recently came true for a woman in China, but it didn't quite happen the way it does in our dreams. She was diagnosed with a type of hearing loss that left her unable to understand low-pitched sounds, a.k.a. male voices. 

According to the Daily Mail, a Chinese woman only identified by her last name, Chen, woke up one morning unable to hear her boyfriend's voice. Chen was also up vomiting the night before and started to notice a ringing in her ear then, so she knew something serious was going on. 

RELATED: Your Ultimate Guide to Healthy Ears

She went to Qianpu Hospital, where an ear, nose, and throat specialist Lin Xiaoqing diagnosed her with a rare form of low-frequency hearing damage called reverse-slope hearing loss (RSHL), which prevents people from hearing low-frequency sounds. 

Chen, who lives in southeastern China, is one of very few people to develop the condition. The Thigpen Hearing Center, an audiology clinic in Tennessee, states that RHSL affects only about 3,000 people in the United States and Canada. In other words, for every 12,000 cases of hearing loss, only one person has RSHL.

People with RHSL typically have no problem hearing high-frequency sounds, like voices of women and children, but they struggle to hear low-frequency noises, like vehicles, thunder, and voices over the phone.

RELATED: Gwen Stefani Ruptured Her Eardrum on a Plane-Could It Happen to You?

Dr. Xiaoqing reported Chen could hear her voice perfectly fine during the appointment, but she couldn't understand the voice of a male patient who was also at the hospital. 

Many things can cause RHSL, including genetic abnormalities and certain diseases and infections. A change in the pressure of the fluid in the inner ear has also been known to be a trigger. Dr. Xiaoqing believes Chen developed the condition because of stress and a severe lack of sleep. Thankfully, Chen is expected to make a full recovery after treatment. 

Admit it: You've occasionally (or more than occasionally) wished you could hit mute on the men in your life. That wish recently came true for a woman in China, but it didn't quite happen the way it does in our dreams. She was diagnosed with a type of hearing loss that left her unable to understand low-pitched sounds, a.k.a. male voices. 

According to the Daily Mail, a Chinese woman only identified by her last name, Chen, woke up one morning unable to hear her boyfriend's voice. Chen was also up vomiting the night before and started to notice a ringing in her ear then, so she knew something serious was going on. 

RELATED: Your Ultimate Guide to Healthy Ears

She went to Qianpu Hospital, where an ear, nose, and throat specialist Lin Xiaoqing diagnosed her with a rare form of low-frequency hearing damage called reverse-slope hearing loss (RSHL), which prevents people from hearing low-frequency sounds. 

Chen, who lives in southeastern China, is one of very few people to develop the condition. The Thigpen Hearing Center, an audiology clinic in Tennessee, states that RHSL affects only about 3,000 people in the United States and Canada. In other words, for every 12,000 cases of hearing loss, only one person has RSHL.

People with RHSL typically have no problem hearing high-frequency sounds, like voices of women and children, but they struggle to hear low-frequency noises, like vehicles, thunder, and voices over the phone.

RELATED: Gwen Stefani Ruptured Her Eardrum on a Plane-Could It Happen to You?

Dr. Xiaoqing reported Chen could hear her voice perfectly fine during the appointment, but she couldn't understand the voice of a male patient who was also at the hospital. 

Many things can cause RHSL, including genetic abnormalities and certain diseases and infections. A change in the pressure of the fluid in the inner ear has also been known to be a trigger. Dr. Xiaoqing believes Chen developed the condition because of stress and a severe lack of sleep. Thankfully, Chen is expected to make a full recovery after treatment. 

Admit it: You've occasionally (or more than occasionally) wished you could hit mute on the men in your life. That wish recently came true for a woman in China, but it didn't quite happen the way it does in our dreams. She was diagnosed with a type of hearing loss that left her unable to understand low-pitched sounds, a.k.a. male voices. 

According to the Daily Mail, a Chinese woman only identified by her last name, Chen, woke up one morning unable to hear her boyfriend's voice. Chen was also up vomiting the night before and started to notice a ringing in her ear then, so she knew something serious was going on. 

RELATED: Your Ultimate Guide to Healthy Ears

She went to Qianpu Hospital, where an ear, nose, and throat specialist Lin Xiaoqing diagnosed her with a rare form of low-frequency hearing damage called reverse-slope hearing loss (RSHL), which prevents people from hearing low-frequency sounds. 

Chen, who lives in southeastern China, is one of very few people to develop the condition. The Thigpen Hearing Center, an audiology clinic in Tennessee, states that RHSL affects only about 3,000 people in the United States and Canada. In other words, for every 12,000 cases of hearing loss, only one person has RSHL.

People with RHSL typically have no problem hearing high-frequency sounds, like voices of women and children, but they struggle to hear low-frequency noises, like vehicles, thunder, and voices over the phone.

RELATED: Gwen Stefani Ruptured Her Eardrum on a Plane-Could It Happen to You?

Dr. Xiaoqing reported Chen could hear her voice perfectly fine during the appointment, but she couldn't understand the voice of a male patient who was also at the hospital. 

Many things can cause RHSL, including genetic abnormalities and certain diseases and infections. A change in the pressure of the fluid in the inner ear has also been known to be a trigger. Dr. Xiaoqing believes Chen developed the condition because of stress and a severe lack of sleep. Thankfully, Chen is expected to make a full recovery after treatment. 

Admit it: You've occasionally (or more than occasionally) wished you could hit mute on the men in your life. That wish recently came true for a woman in China, but it didn't quite happen the way it does in our dreams. She was diagnosed with a type of hearing loss that left her unable to understand low-pitched sounds, a.k.a. male voices. 

According to the Daily Mail, a Chinese woman only identified by her last name, Chen, woke up one morning unable to hear her boyfriend's voice. Chen was also up vomiting the night before and started to notice a ringing in her ear then, so she knew something serious was going on. 

RELATED: Your Ultimate Guide to Healthy Ears

She went to Qianpu Hospital, where an ear, nose, and throat specialist Lin Xiaoqing diagnosed her with a rare form of low-frequency hearing damage called reverse-slope hearing loss (RSHL), which prevents people from hearing low-frequency sounds. 

Chen, who lives in southeastern China, is one of very few people to develop the condition. The Thigpen Hearing Center, an audiology clinic in Tennessee, states that RHSL affects only about 3,000 people in the United States and Canada. In other words, for every 12,000 cases of hearing loss, only one person has RSHL.

People with RHSL typically have no problem hearing high-frequency sounds, like voices of women and children, but they struggle to hear low-frequency noises, like vehicles, thunder, and voices over the phone.

RELATED: Gwen Stefani Ruptured Her Eardrum on a Plane-Could It Happen to You?

Dr. Xiaoqing reported Chen could hear her voice perfectly fine during the appointment, but she couldn't understand the voice of a male patient who was also at the hospital. 

Many things can cause RHSL, including genetic abnormalities and certain diseases and infections. A change in the pressure of the fluid in the inner ear has also been known to be a trigger. Dr. Xiaoqing believes Chen developed the condition because of stress and a severe lack of sleep. Thankfully, Chen is expected to make a full recovery after treatment. 

Admit it: You've occasionally (or more than occasionally) wished you could hit mute on the men in your life. That wish recently came true for a woman in China, but it didn't quite happen the way it does in our dreams. She was diagnosed with a type of hearing loss that left her unable to understand low-pitched sounds, a.k.a. male voices. 

According to the Daily Mail, a Chinese woman only identified by her last name, Chen, woke up one morning unable to hear her boyfriend's voice. Chen was also up vomiting the night before and started to notice a ringing in her ear then, so she knew something serious was going on. 

RELATED: Your Ultimate Guide to Healthy Ears

She went to Qianpu Hospital, where an ear, nose, and throat specialist Lin Xiaoqing diagnosed her with a rare form of low-frequency hearing damage called reverse-slope hearing loss (RSHL), which prevents people from hearing low-frequency sounds. 

Chen, who lives in southeastern China, is one of very few people to develop the condition. The Thigpen Hearing Center, an audiology clinic in Tennessee, states that RHSL affects only about 3,000 people in the United States and Canada. In other words, for every 12,000 cases of hearing loss, only one person has RSHL.

People with RHSL typically have no problem hearing high-frequency sounds, like voices of women and children, but they struggle to hear low-frequency noises, like vehicles, thunder, and voices over the phone.

RELATED: Gwen Stefani Ruptured Her Eardrum on a Plane-Could It Happen to You?

Dr. Xiaoqing reported Chen could hear her voice perfectly fine during the appointment, but she couldn't understand the voice of a male patient who was also at the hospital. 

Many things can cause RHSL, including genetic abnormalities and certain diseases and infections. A change in the pressure of the fluid in the inner ear has also been known to be a trigger. Dr. Xiaoqing believes Chen developed the condition because of stress and a severe lack of sleep. Thankfully, Chen is expected to make a full recovery after treatment. 

Have you ever had someone say something offensive to you online? If you have, you know the kind of pain it can cause. You tell yourself you shouldn't take it personally, but it's hard not to internalize it, at least a little. Influencers know this struggle better than anyone, and they've launched a clever new way to stand up to the trolls who try to knock them down.

These women are taking the hateful comments left on their photos and owning them, putting them front and center for the world to see. They're writing them on their bodies, pasting them over their images, and ultimately refusing to be defined by labels others try to put on them. 

RELATED: This Influencer Is Speaking Out About the Powerful Form of Emotional Abuse That's All Over Social Media

"Fat," "gross," "yuck," and "pig" are some of the comments Amber Dawn got on a recent photo she posted rocking a bikini. Instead of shying away from the bullies who wrote them, she decided to post another bikini photo, but this time she would write those comments on the photo itself. Her message: I'm not afraid of your words. 

The best part is, she reported their original comments and got them kicked off Instagram. "Just a few of the delightful comments from trolls on my last bikini post that have since been reported and their accounts deactivated by Instagram," she wrote in her caption. 

Dawn isn't the only one to stand up to trolls by using their own words against them. Sarah Nicole wrote comments like "disgusting," "old news," "pathetic," and "only wants men's attention" on top of a photo of her in leggings and a sports bra. But if you scroll to the right, you'll see she posted another photo. It says "genuine," "unashamed," "strong," and other descriptive word that reveal who she really is. 

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"Let this be a reminder for us all: we are not the words we are labeled by," she wrote in her caption. "We are the truths we walk in, know, and carry in our hearts. Nobody can take that from you, nobody can rewrite them no matter how much they try."

Influencer Carly Rowena created her own take on the trend. Instead of writing some of the hurtful comments she's received over a photo of herself, she wrote them on her actual body with bold black marker. She posted a video of herself in her bra and underwear writing the words on her skin and then washing them off. 

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"The comments above are just a few of the comments, DMS, and emails that have never left my mind, luckily I have the most supportive online community and the negative only accounts for 0.01% but funnily enough those are the words that stick," Rowena wrote. "Let's make each other strong by showing the bullies [sic] it's just water off our backs!"

At the end of Rowena's video, after she erased all of the negative comments from her body, she wrote something else on her skin: I love me. That's what all of these women are trying to say. They love themselves, despite all of the negativity that's thrown at them, and you should too. No, it's not always easy, but if we band together and put the haters in their place, positivity will always win. 

Have you ever had someone say something offensive to you online? If you have, you know the kind of pain it can cause. You tell yourself you shouldn't take it personally, but it's hard not to internalize it, at least a little. Influencers know this struggle better than anyone, and they've launched a clever new way to stand up to the trolls who try to knock them down.

These women are taking the hateful comments left on their photos and owning them, putting them front and center for the world to see. They're writing them on their bodies, pasting them over their images, and ultimately refusing to be defined by labels others try to put on them. 

RELATED: This Influencer Is Speaking Out About the Powerful Form of Emotional Abuse That's All Over Social Media

"Fat," "gross," "yuck," and "pig" are some of the comments Amber Dawn got on a recent photo she posted rocking a bikini. Instead of shying away from the bullies who wrote them, she decided to post another bikini photo, but this time she would write those comments on the photo itself. Her message: I'm not afraid of your words. 

The best part is, she reported their original comments and got them kicked off Instagram. "Just a few of the delightful comments from trolls on my last bikini post that have since been reported and their accounts deactivated by Instagram," she wrote in her caption. 

Dawn isn't the only one to stand up to trolls by using their own words against them. Sarah Nicole wrote comments like "disgusting," "old news," "pathetic," and "only wants men's attention" on top of a photo of her in leggings and a sports bra. But if you scroll to the right, you'll see she posted another photo. It says "genuine," "unashamed," "strong," and other descriptive word that reveal who she really is. 

RELATED: This Influencer Just Showed How Different Reality and Social Media Are-by Pulling Down Her Pants

"Let this be a reminder for us all: we are not the words we are labeled by," she wrote in her caption. "We are the truths we walk in, know, and carry in our hearts. Nobody can take that from you, nobody can rewrite them no matter how much they try."

Influencer Carly Rowena created her own take on the trend. Instead of writing some of the hurtful comments she's received over a photo of herself, she wrote them on her actual body with bold black marker. She posted a video of herself in her bra and underwear writing the words on her skin and then washing them off. 

RELATED: This Influencer's "Before-and-After" Reveals the Problem With Butt Transformation Photos

"The comments above are just a few of the comments, DMS, and emails that have never left my mind, luckily I have the most supportive online community and the negative only accounts for 0.01% but funnily enough those are the words that stick," Rowena wrote. "Let's make each other strong by showing the bullies [sic] it's just water off our backs!"

At the end of Rowena's video, after she erased all of the negative comments from her body, she wrote something else on her skin: I love me. That's what all of these women are trying to say. They love themselves, despite all of the negativity that's thrown at them, and you should too. No, it's not always easy, but if we band together and put the haters in their place, positivity will always win. 

Have you ever had someone say something offensive to you online? If you have, you know the kind of pain it can cause. You tell yourself you shouldn't take it personally, but it's hard not to internalize it, at least a little. Influencers know this struggle better than anyone, and they've launched a clever new way to stand up to the trolls who try to knock them down.

These women are taking the hateful comments left on their photos and owning them, putting them front and center for the world to see. They're writing them on their bodies, pasting them over their images, and ultimately refusing to be defined by labels others try to put on them. 

RELATED: This Influencer Is Speaking Out About the Powerful Form of Emotional Abuse That's All Over Social Media

"Fat," "gross," "yuck," and "pig" are some of the comments Amber Dawn got on a recent photo she posted rocking a bikini. Instead of shying away from the bullies who wrote them, she decided to post another bikini photo, but this time she would write those comments on the photo itself. Her message: I'm not afraid of your words. 

The best part is, she reported their original comments and got them kicked off Instagram. "Just a few of the delightful comments from trolls on my last bikini post that have since been reported and their accounts deactivated by Instagram," she wrote in her caption. 

Dawn isn't the only one to stand up to trolls by using their own words against them. Sarah Nicole wrote comments like "disgusting," "old news," "pathetic," and "only wants men's attention" on top of a photo of her in leggings and a sports bra. But if you scroll to the right, you'll see she posted another photo. It says "genuine," "unashamed," "strong," and other descriptive word that reveal who she really is. 

RELATED: This Influencer Just Showed How Different Reality and Social Media Are-by Pulling Down Her Pants

"Let this be a reminder for us all: we are not the words we are labeled by," she wrote in her caption. "We are the truths we walk in, know, and carry in our hearts. Nobody can take that from you, nobody can rewrite them no matter how much they try."

Influencer Carly Rowena created her own take on the trend. Instead of writing some of the hurtful comments she's received over a photo of herself, she wrote them on her actual body with bold black marker. She posted a video of herself in her bra and underwear writing the words on her skin and then washing them off. 

RELATED: This Influencer's "Before-and-After" Reveals the Problem With Butt Transformation Photos

"The comments above are just a few of the comments, DMS, and emails that have never left my mind, luckily I have the most supportive online community and the negative only accounts for 0.01% but funnily enough those are the words that stick," Rowena wrote. "Let's make each other strong by showing the bullies [sic] it's just water off our backs!"

At the end of Rowena's video, after she erased all of the negative comments from her body, she wrote something else on her skin: I love me. That's what all of these women are trying to say. They love themselves, despite all of the negativity that's thrown at them, and you should too. No, it's not always easy, but if we band together and put the haters in their place, positivity will always win. 

Have you ever had someone say something offensive to you online? If you have, you know the kind of pain it can cause. You tell yourself you shouldn't take it personally, but it's hard not to internalize it, at least a little. Influencers know this struggle better than anyone, and they've launched a clever new way to stand up to the trolls who try to knock them down.

These women are taking the hateful comments left on their photos and owning them, putting them front and center for the world to see. They're writing them on their bodies, pasting them over their images, and ultimately refusing to be defined by labels others try to put on them. 

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"Fat," "gross," "yuck," and "pig" are some of the comments Amber Dawn got on a recent photo she posted rocking a bikini. Instead of shying away from the bullies who wrote them, she decided to post another bikini photo, but this time she would write those comments on the photo itself. Her message: I'm not afraid of your words. 

The best part is, she reported their original comments and got them kicked off Instagram. "Just a few of the delightful comments from trolls on my last bikini post that have since been reported and their accounts deactivated by Instagram," she wrote in her caption. 

Dawn isn't the only one to stand up to trolls by using their own words against them. Sarah Nicole wrote comments like "disgusting," "old news," "pathetic," and "only wants men's attention" on top of a photo of her in leggings and a sports bra. But if you scroll to the right, you'll see she posted another photo. It says "genuine," "unashamed," "strong," and other descriptive word that reveal who she really is. 

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"Let this be a reminder for us all: we are not the words we are labeled by," she wrote in her caption. "We are the truths we walk in, know, and carry in our hearts. Nobody can take that from you, nobody can rewrite them no matter how much they try."

Influencer Carly Rowena created her own take on the trend. Instead of writing some of the hurtful comments she's received over a photo of herself, she wrote them on her actual body with bold black marker. She posted a video of herself in her bra and underwear writing the words on her skin and then washing them off. 

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"The comments above are just a few of the comments, DMS, and emails that have never left my mind, luckily I have the most supportive online community and the negative only accounts for 0.01% but funnily enough those are the words that stick," Rowena wrote. "Let's make each other strong by showing the bullies [sic] it's just water off our backs!"

At the end of Rowena's video, after she erased all of the negative comments from her body, she wrote something else on her skin: I love me. That's what all of these women are trying to say. They love themselves, despite all of the negativity that's thrown at them, and you should too. No, it's not always easy, but if we band together and put the haters in their place, positivity will always win. 

Ariella Nyssa has cellulite - and she feels no need to hide it.

The Australia-based swimwear model and social influencer said that she is often criticized for having cellulite by some of her 159,000 followers. On Wednesday she opened up about her journey to self-acceptance.

“Years ago I hated my cellulite,” she said, adding that it made her “insecure.” She felt compelled to change her body.

“I made it my number one priority to tackle what most of society deems as an 'unhealthy, unattractive flaw,' ” she said. She eliminated her favorite foods and spent hours doing cardio and running on the treadmill, but it left her tired and weak. “My immune system was poor and my mental health and self worth were at an all time low,” she said.

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But then she had a realization. “I stopped and thought about what cellulite is. Why does it make me 'unattractive'. And you know the conclusion I came to? IT DOESN'T.”

Despite receiving comments like, “you only have cellulite because you are lazy” and “if you have cellulite that means you are unhealthy,” Nyssa has finally come to love her body.

“Cellulite doesn't make you any less beautiful. It isn't a representation of your health and it DEFINITELY shouldn't stop you from loving yourself. I go to the gym way more than I did, but now I only do weight training. I eat in moderation and I am the healthiest I've ever been both physically and mentally. And I STILL have cellulite! A completely airbrushed and smooth body is nearly impossible to obtain and is not a representation of YOUR beauty.”

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One day earlier Nyssa shared similar body-positive thoughts after observing fellow beachgoers exhibit signs of insecurity: “Girls wearing shirts and pants to cover up their curvier bodies. Women constantly looking around to see if anyone was watching while they quickly took their towel off to run and dip in the water.”

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“I used to be one of these people,” she admitted. “I used to lay flat on my back in an attempt to make my tummy look as flat as possible. I used to wear shirt and shorts because I was ashamed of my body. I used to constantly scan my surroundings in a state of paranoia that people were staring and analysing my so called 'flaws'. I was ashamed of my body because I thought my body was ugly.”

She finished up the post by encouraging people to ditch that kind of negative self-talk. “Your body deserves to be loved by you and you deserve to be CONFIDENT.”

Ariella Nyssa has cellulite - and she feels no need to hide it.

The Australia-based swimwear model and social influencer said that she is often criticized for having cellulite by some of her 159,000 followers. On Wednesday she opened up about her journey to self-acceptance.

“Years ago I hated my cellulite,” she said, adding that it made her “insecure.” She felt compelled to change her body.

“I made it my number one priority to tackle what most of society deems as an 'unhealthy, unattractive flaw,' ” she said. She eliminated her favorite foods and spent hours doing cardio and running on the treadmill, but it left her tired and weak. “My immune system was poor and my mental health and self worth were at an all time low,” she said.

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But then she had a realization. “I stopped and thought about what cellulite is. Why does it make me 'unattractive'. And you know the conclusion I came to? IT DOESN'T.”

Despite receiving comments like, “you only have cellulite because you are lazy” and “if you have cellulite that means you are unhealthy,” Nyssa has finally come to love her body.

“Cellulite doesn't make you any less beautiful. It isn't a representation of your health and it DEFINITELY shouldn't stop you from loving yourself. I go to the gym way more than I did, but now I only do weight training. I eat in moderation and I am the healthiest I've ever been both physically and mentally. And I STILL have cellulite! A completely airbrushed and smooth body is nearly impossible to obtain and is not a representation of YOUR beauty.”

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One day earlier Nyssa shared similar body-positive thoughts after observing fellow beachgoers exhibit signs of insecurity: “Girls wearing shirts and pants to cover up their curvier bodies. Women constantly looking around to see if anyone was watching while they quickly took their towel off to run and dip in the water.”

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“I used to be one of these people,” she admitted. “I used to lay flat on my back in an attempt to make my tummy look as flat as possible. I used to wear shirt and shorts because I was ashamed of my body. I used to constantly scan my surroundings in a state of paranoia that people were staring and analysing my so called 'flaws'. I was ashamed of my body because I thought my body was ugly.”

She finished up the post by encouraging people to ditch that kind of negative self-talk. “Your body deserves to be loved by you and you deserve to be CONFIDENT.”

A young boy born with a congenital condition had an adorable reaction when he was introduced to a woman who shares the same limb difference as him.

On the same day that Colleen Tidd found out that her son, Joseph, would be born without a fully formed left arm, she stumbled upon the Florida chapter of the Lucky Fin Project, a support network made up of people with a variety of limb differences. Ever since then, the organization's community has been a source of help for Colleen and her husband as they raise now 15-month-old Joseph, along with their two older daughters.

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“I found their website and Facebook page and it just brought this sense of comfort,” Tidd, 28, tells PEOPLE. “I realized, 'Hey, I have a community here.' “

As Tidd formed friendships with the local members of the group, she soon discovered that many of them had never met in person, so she organized an October meet-up near her home in Orlando that was attended by nearly a dozen families.

“It was just a great sense of comfort, not only for Joseph but for us as a family, to see everyone else in person,” Tidd says of the gathering. “And we wanted to show Joseph that, hey, he will be able to do anything.”

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Colleen and Joseph Tidd/Colleen Tidd

During the meet-up, Colleen and Joseph met 34-year-old Amy Alamillo Siesel, who was also born with an underdeveloped right arm.

“I was bullied quite a bit and constantly inundated with questions about my arm,” Siesel, from Seminole, Florida, tells PEOPLE. “I struggled with insecurity. As I became an adult, however, I gained a newfound confidence in who I felt God made me to be. I began to embrace my limb difference and love the lessons it taught me, hard as some of them were.”

It was at the gathering that day that Siesel and Joseph's paths crossed for the first time - and in a touching video of their introduction, Amy is seen reaching out to Joseph to give him a “fist-bump,” before the young boy lunges toward to give her a big hug instead after he noticed their similarities.

“He wasn't feeling well that day and he didn't want anyone to touch them the whole time, until he fist-bumped with Amy and realized like, 'Wow, she looks like me,' ” Tidd recalls. “This meetup was originally more for me than it was for him since he's so young, but for him to have realized that he has someone that's like him - it just hit. It was comforting.”

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The Tidd Family/Colleen Tidd

Siesel - who is also mom to a 3-year-old son - was all smiles as Joseph laid his head on her shoulder and quickly became comfortable with his new friend.

“When he came over to hug me I felt like my heart might explode… I never imagined he'd melt into my arms that way,” Siesel recalls. “Some people question the authenticity of the moment but they weren't there. Everyone watching was in awe and we could all clearly see how much Joseph understood in that moment that we were the same. I'll cherish that moment forever.”

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Tidd hopes that - while Joseph is still young - meeting Siesel and the other families that day hopefully showed him all the great things he can one day become.

“Everyone's unique. It doesn't make them different. Because he's got a disability or deformity, it doesn't mean he's not going to be able to do everything,” she says of what she hopes Joseph understands as he gets older. “There are people out here in the world that, even if they have a difference, nothing's going to stop them because they're just going to find a different way to do it.”

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