Hi There!

[Jen]

I'm very new to this forum thing but I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and sharing stories and to hopefully get a bit of advice/clarity on some things. I think this may be a lot easier than talking face to face with people.

Hello everyone x

 

[leanne1321]

Hi Jen, welcome to the forum.

I think writing is easier anyway than talking, but I think, just knowing that people here will understand you and they can relate really helps!

I hope that you get what you need from here!

 

[cherryblossom]

Hello Jen :wave:

Welcome to the forum :)

 

[Lucycat]

Hi Jen,
welcome to the forum.:)

 

[Deaf Global Nomad]

Hi Jen!

Welcome to the forum! This is very safe place for us. I call it my safe haven. There are so many of us who have experienced sexual abuse. Not feeling alone is priceless.

I still have lots of work left to do in therapy. My therapist is planning on about another 2+ years to get me back into a functional level so I can move on with my life. I will definitely work very hard in therapy and try to get better and better.

While I work on therapy, I will also try and work on my dissertation so that I will be able to get a job as a professor at Gallaudet University (the University for the Deaf), when I am doing better. For many the job of a professor would seem to be reaching too high. For me because of my multiple disabilities, it is the one job that I have excelled at in the past and the job continues to incorporate all of the functions that I can complete.

Hope is obviously out there for all of us! Best of luck finding your journey!