Heather, thank you so much for this incredibly tender share.
There's SO much I could say here, but let me just say I can deeply relate. I have also experienced grooming, strangely also when I was 33. I have never written about it, and you have essentially courageously put words to an experience I didn't think I would ever be able to, and I know you will have done this for many others as well.
I remember the feeling of being a shell of my former self, completely at a loss to describe what on earth has happened, but this line in particular was very potent; "It creeps in quietly, cloaked in flattery and attention, until suddenly you’re deep in something that no longer feels safe…"
I'm so happy you have created safety for your body again, and are meeting yourself once again with so much grace and softness.
Hi Natalie, thank you so much for taking the time to read my post, and for your incredibly generous words.
I'm so sorry to learn that you've known this pain too — thank you so much for sharing that. It really is so difficult to even begin to name and start reconciling these things, let alone find language for them.
It honestly means a great deal to know that something in what I wrote helped put words to an experience that’s so often shrouded in confusion and silence.
There’s something profoundly healing in being reminded that we’re not alone in what we’ve carried — so thank you.
Thank you Heather, and there is so much else I wanted to say, most especially to acknowledge the amount of deep loss you’ve been through in the many different ways you mentioned. I’m so sorry all of this happened, but I can also see your strength, and you’ve really inspired me so much. Love to you x
Heather, thank you so much for this incredibly tender share.
There's SO much I could say here, but let me just say I can deeply relate. I have also experienced grooming, strangely also when I was 33. I have never written about it, and you have essentially courageously put words to an experience I didn't think I would ever be able to, and I know you will have done this for many others as well.
I remember the feeling of being a shell of my former self, completely at a loss to describe what on earth has happened, but this line in particular was very potent; "It creeps in quietly, cloaked in flattery and attention, until suddenly you’re deep in something that no longer feels safe…"
I'm so happy you have created safety for your body again, and are meeting yourself once again with so much grace and softness.
Thank you, truly, for writing this. x
Hi Natalie, thank you so much for taking the time to read my post, and for your incredibly generous words.
I'm so sorry to learn that you've known this pain too — thank you so much for sharing that. It really is so difficult to even begin to name and start reconciling these things, let alone find language for them.
It honestly means a great deal to know that something in what I wrote helped put words to an experience that’s so often shrouded in confusion and silence.
There’s something profoundly healing in being reminded that we’re not alone in what we’ve carried — so thank you.
Sending you so much love and warmth xx
Thank you Heather, and there is so much else I wanted to say, most especially to acknowledge the amount of deep loss you’ve been through in the many different ways you mentioned. I’m so sorry all of this happened, but I can also see your strength, and you’ve really inspired me so much. Love to you x