Are you a survivor who was not believed after sexual trauma? (timestamps below)

Welcome to the Survivors Discuss series by SurvivorRevive!

WHAT IS SURVIVORS DISCUSS: Survivors Discuss is a collection of panel discussions with reallife survivors where we talk about the topics that affect survivors everyday. Each episode we will touch on a new topic.

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For this panel⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣, we sat down with 3 survivors of sexual trauma Boom, Carly and Emma to have an indepth discussion about their experiences with not being believed after they disclosed their abuse. Each panelist was asked to answer the following questions/prompts:  

0:00 Intro

1:18 Who did you tell?

5:09 How did it feel to not be believed?

10:56 True of False: I blamed myself for not being believed.

13:50 At the time, did you know it was common for survivors to not be believed?

18:33 If you knew them, what is/was the public persona of your abuser?

23:37 Was the person or people who didn’t believe you groomed by your abuser? How?

28:10 How did not being believed impact your decisions to tell other people in the future?

33:59 How did you overcome not being believed?

38:39 Any advice for survivors out there who were not believed?


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Where to connect with the survivors on this panel (go show some love!):

  / boom737  
  / cdbereznay  
  / emmakbelle  



Resources:

RAINN @ rainn.org
1in6 @ 1in6.org
Joyful Heart Foundation @ joyfulheartfoundation.org


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