Glad to be born #birthday #gemini 📸 Andreas Neubauer
You have no power over me 📸 @smashleywalters I want to thank every one of you for your messages of love, support and solidarity over the past few weeks. I’m sorry I can’t reply to you all, but know I see you and it means so much to me 💜✊🏻
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This one’s for you, mama ❤️✊🏻 #internationalwomensday
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I’m delighted to be sharing my poetry publicly for the first time as part of a collaborative performance with the exceptional @christenlien 🔥🎻🖋Join us for Phoenix Rising: a journey of spoken word and music, as we explore what it means to rise from the ashes together. With guest poet @steveconnell Cosmic Balcony on Clubhouse, May 27th 1-3pm PST. Link in bio
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Photo credits: @davehindley and @heathergildroy
I’m delighted to be sharing my poetry publicly for the first time as part of a collaborative performance with the exceptional @christenlien 🔥🎻🖋Join us for Phoenix Rising: a journey of spoken word and music, as we explore what it means to rise from the ashes together. With guest poet @steveconnell Cosmic Balcony on Clubhouse, May 27th 1-3pm PST. Link in bio
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Photo credits: @davehindley and @heathergildroy
“I am naming the person who abused and human trafficked me. His name is Marilyn Manson, born Brian Hugh Warner. I am coming forward after years of living with the unthinkable trauma I endured at the hands of the serial predator known to many as Marilyn Manson. I am speaking up now, in my own way, and sharing this story with others because he must be held accountable. No one should ever go through what I – and so many other survivors – have experienced. It’s important that we all understand that people can be abused and trafficked by intimate partners, boyfriends, and husbands. We must address the misconceptions around human trafficking because it can happen to anyone like it happened to me.”
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Thank you @goodmorningamerica for speaking with our client, Esmé Bianco, and letting her share her story. Esmé and Ellwanger Law hope this will empower survivors to come forward and speak their truth.
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BREED: A future where society is half human – half animal and the complexities that come with it. This is a must read for my fantasy fans out there 🦄
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I support and stand with the survivors who have come forward today. When the time is right for me, I will have more to say about my own experience and will share my story in full
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
By the time I entered into an intimate relationship with Marilyn Manson, I had already been human trafficked and physically & emotionally abused by him. Years later, when I was diagnosed with PTSD and I started to identity and process what had happened, I was filled with shame and guilt. I had the same questions so many people who hear stories like mine have: why enter/stay in a relationship with someone who hurts you? Some of the answer lies in the understanding of how “trauma bonds” between abusers and their victims are formed.
Coupled with the fact that many survivors are not able to recognise behaviour as abusive while it is happening to them, and sometimes cannot name it until years later (another trauma defense mechanism/PTSD symptom); it starts to become clearer why survivors like myself might gravitate towards the person hurting them the most.
I offer this information for those who wish to learn, those who are supporting a survivor in their life, and most importantly, survivors like myself who are struggling to process their experience. You are not alone. It is not your fault 💜
Reposted from @selfworkco Thank you 🙏🏻
Coercive control was by far the most pervasive and damaging aspect of the abuse I suffered. Finally it’s starting to be acknowledged by the US justice system. A long way to go but glad to see this coming to light in the media #CoerciveControl #domesticviolence
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there are words for what i, @coribush @sensusanrubio @jennspivak and so many others suffered from at the hands of our abusers. it’s called “coercive control” and it’s now illegal in california and hawaii. so grateful to @nytimes @kbens and @melenar for putting into words what many go through alone and unaware. we are not alone; in fact, we are empowered with new laws, new language and each other to criminalize, reframe and prevent further domestic abuse.
