“Beauty from Ashes”
TW: This powerful testimonial was sent to us anonymously through our Start by Believing page. The injustices she faced will make your blood boil, but the courage and strength she has shown to overcome her past is absolutely incredible. She details her story from the...
“This is my story. This is my pain.”
TW: This powerful testimonial was sent to us by its creator, Natasha, about the effects that childhood sexual abuse by family members had on her – which started when she was in Pampers – and the effects of not being believed. She bravely details her journey from how...
“I will take a stand and believe in others…”
I was 8 until I was 16 and was sexually and physically assaulted by my father I told people no one believed me and he still walks free …I got out on my own and still suffer from things that happened to me during my childhood I will take a stand and believe in...
“Friends and counselors who believed me…saved my life”
Believing me, and that I wasn’t at fault, was too much for my mother. Friends and counselors who believed me, and believed I did nothing to cause it, saved my life. #StartByBelieving Click here to share your experience of being believed or not believed. Click...