{"id":18277,"date":"2023-10-10T14:20:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T21:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakthesilencedv.org\/?p=18277"},"modified":"2024-05-13T16:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T23:14:45","slug":"from-darkness-to-healing-my-journey-through-trauma-and-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakthesilencedv.org\/?p=18277","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;From Darkness to Healing: My Journey Through Trauma and Recovery&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well there&#8217;s so much to tell , where do I begin.. my ex of 7 yrs the last couple years he started lying, stealing , tried to make me out to be wrong and feel worthless when I caught him He caused me to go to jail and I lost my nursing license. He made me quit other jobs. He had a gang of friends follow me, torment me day and night. 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