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Experiencing abuse or harm of any kind can be deeply distressing, traumatic, and draining, so it can be helpful to take a pause before beginning and set an intention to approach this guide in whatever way feels comfortable. It might be to just read one section at a time, or to only read for five minutes before taking a break, or to explore the guide without putting any pressure on yourself to do anything with the information. It’s whatever feels right for you.
Experiencing abuse or harm of any kind can be deeply distressing, traumatic, and draining, so it can be helpful to take a pause before beginning and set an intention to approach this guide in whatever way feels comfortable. It might be to just read one section at a time, or to only read for five minutes before taking a break, or to explore the guide without putting any pressure on yourself to do anything with the information. It’s whatever feels right for you.
We have permission to go at whatever pace feels right for us. It’s okay to skip sections, come back later, or just focus on one small step at a time. Our wellbeing is the most important thing.
When dealing with difficult emotional issues, it’s important to take care of ourselves and our nervous system, and grounding exercises can help with that. Here’s one example that can be used over and over, but other breathing exercises, meditations, visualisations and more are available free on our healing platform, Bloom.
This is a simple, quick exercise we can do anywhere to calm your system and connect with our body.
In this exercise, we’ll take 3 deep, slow breaths. Find a comfortable spot, either sitting or lying down. Take your time. When you’re ready, close your eyes and start to notice the sensations in your body.
This guide covers different stages of deciding whether to tell someone about your experiences of abuse and how to go about doing so, and they may not all be relevant for everyone. You can skip straight to the part that resonates most with you, pick out a few to focus on, or read them all. Choose your starting point below.
