20-11-2025 09:02 PM
20-11-2025 09:02 PM
@NightFury well I think you are talented and I'm glad it is something you enjoy doing ☺️.
21-11-2025 12:14 AM
21-11-2025 12:14 AM
It's one of those nights when I'm unable to sleep with a million things racing through my head. So here's a little something that I just wrote, a little story of one of the relationships I escaped. Please know that I'm safe, this is my way of getting things out of my head.
Not sure if this needs a trigger warning.
You told me how to act
You told me how to walk
You controlled where I went
But I wasn't allowed to talk.
You never left me alone
So you could be sure I'd never tell
You'd monitor my phone
This life had become my hell.
I pleaded and I begged
I wanted you to set me free
But instead you locked me up
And you threw away the key.
It didn't matter what I did
You just kept abusing me
You paraded me around
Like I was some sort of trophy.
Days and nights went by
So many tears I cried
I wanted to please you
God knows how hard I tried.
Till one day I saw my chance
This was the time to run
I needed to get away
This relationship was done.
I'll never forget what you did to me
To you it was all just a game
You didn't care the pain you caused
Cos of you I'll never be the same.
The trauma that I'm left with
It haunts me everyday
You left me with scars
But I was lucky to get away.
21-11-2025 04:39 AM
21-11-2025 04:39 AM
21-11-2025 09:27 AM
21-11-2025 09:27 AM
Thankyou my sweet @Bunniekins, love you so much beautiful ❤️.
21-11-2025 11:44 AM
21-11-2025 11:44 AM
thank you for sharing and being vulnerable with us @Dreamy. i hate that this happened to you, and i can hear how heavy those memories are. i'm so so glad that you're safe and here with us, we care about you heaps. sending you big hugs 💙
21-11-2025 02:06 PM - edited 21-11-2025 02:56 PM
21-11-2025 02:06 PM - edited 21-11-2025 02:56 PM
Thankyou @rav3n ❤️. Those memories are definitely heavy and even more so when my mental health is spiralling. I was told today that cos I'm an adult i should be coping, that cos I'm older I'm not struggling as much and that I can keep everything together. When the truth is I'm not coping, I am struggling and I sure as hell don't have everything together 😞. I know that I'm an adult and God how I wish I had my sh!t together and that i didn't struggle like I do. But I don't think my feelings or struggles are any less valid just cos of my age. Am I wrong in this thinking?
I'm safe, just lost and hurt and feeling emotional and fragile.
21-11-2025 02:25 PM
21-11-2025 02:25 PM
21-11-2025 02:27 PM
21-11-2025 02:38 PM
21-11-2025 02:38 PM
@Dreamy your struggles and feelings regarding being unable to keep things together are all valid sweetheart. in saying that you are a wonderful person who deals with alot with a hell of alot of class. god today has been a stressful day....
21-11-2025 02:41 PM
21-11-2025 02:41 PM
Thankyou my sweet @Bunniekins, today's definitely been a stressful day. Love and hugs to you beautiful ❤️.
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