I Couldn’t Speak My Truth—So I Wrote It Instead

Write Your Way Free: How Writing Helped Me Heal from C-PTSD

There was a time when I couldn’t say what had happened to me—not out loud, not even to myself.

Like many who live with complex PTSD, I didn’t always know I was carrying trauma.

But I knew I was hurt.

I knew I was grieving.

And I knew I was angry.

Not just at what happened, but at who it happened with. Because the people I had supported—loved, helped, stood beside—turned around and made me feel worthless.

They devalued me.

They excluded me.

They erased me from spaces I helped build.

And I started to believe maybe I wasn’t enough. Maybe I didn’t deserve to be seen. Maybe I was just… too much. That emotional pain sat in my body for years. I felt like I was stuck in a loop I couldn’t break. Misunderstood. Misdiagnosed. Pushed aside. Until one day, something in me cracked open. Not in front of anyone. Not with some big therapy breakthrough. But alone, late at night, with a pen in my hand and a page waiting to listen.

Writing Wasn’t Just a Tool—It Was a Lifeline

It started as journal entries. Half-poems. Scribbles. Rage. There were no rules. No grammar checks. Just honesty. Just release. And then something amazing happened. I started writing fiction. Not because I wanted to be an author. But because I wanted distance. I gave my pain to a character. I changed the ending. I wrote in ways that let me say what I could never say out loud. Fiction became the safest place I had ever been.

You Don’t Have to Be a “Writer” to Begin

For a long time, I thought I wasn’t qualified to write anything meaningful. That writing was for other people—more put together, more polished, more published. But I’ve learned: that’s a lie trauma tells you. It convinces you to stay small, stay silent, stay safe.

So I started where I was.

One moment.

One page.

One scene at a time.

And eventually, I started hearing my own voice again. Stronger. Clearer. Unapologetic.

That’s Why I Created the Write Your Way Free Workshop

Because I know there are people out there—just like I was—who are holding in so much. So many unspoken stories. So much rage and heartbreak. So many beautiful truths that no one ever let them share. You don’t have to tell it as it happened. You don’t have to relive the pain. You can shape it, shift it, and set it down safely—through fiction. In this free mini workshop, I’ll share:

1. The same writing prompts that helped me process betrayal and reclaim my voice
2. A gentle, creative way to begin—no pressure, no judgment
3. How to turn raw truth into a story that empowers, not retraumatizes
   

If You Feel Invisible—This Is for You

You’re not too emotional.

You’re not too broken.

You’re not too late.

You’re just a story that hasn’t been written yet.

Let’s change that—together.

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