Originally published on AReturntoYourGenuineSelf on July 12, 2016 By Jodie Ortega This week, we continue our series with powerhouse speaker and survivor, Jodie Ortega. This week, she shares about her experience of crying out for help but being left to fend for herself. I was 17 years old. I was…
Originally published in Everyday Feminism Magazine on August 2, 2016 By Sian Ferguson and re-published here with their permission I stood in front of a painting of sunflowers and breathed in deeply. In a few moments I’d be in a flood of tears. I start shaking, which evokes a concerned…
Originally published on LindsayFischer.com on May 20, 2016 By Lindsay Fischer Women like me suffer with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, some of my fellow PTSDers wanted to draw attention to the fact that men and soldiers are not the only ones who deal…
This is an extension of the College Mental Health Program, which you can learn about here. My Story At 17, I was sexually abused by a mentor figure for nearly a year. I froze, unable to face what had happened to me for months until days after my 18th birthday.…
