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TW Reaching out for support for this week TW

Hi guys,
im reaching out for support for this week, especially for Thursday. Thursday I have a follow up with the jaw doctor to get results of different scans. Out of all the doctors appointments this is one of the hardest. It’s soooooo hard to keep it together & be in the present when discussing my jaw issues. I just keep getting flashbacks of horrible stuff. I was honest in my consultation & told a lot about what happened & my situation. I was really honest & told him as much as my trying to stay present & remember. This is the same doctor that I went into a spiral after I read the print up of the consultation & saw it all printed up in words.... a lot of it seeing it written out triggered me ..... ‘sustained trauma to jaw due to violence & sexual abuse’ ...... I don’t know, I can literally feel myself trying to switch off as Im writing this.
Im scared for a lot of reasons to go to this appointment on Thursday.
more TW TW TW TW - this is just a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of my story
Here it is end of November & its a very trigger time of year. It was in the month of November (end of November) is when I escaped my ex & he tried to murder me. I almost died, escaped within an inch of my life. It was hell for a long time up until then , but the night I escaped was the night he really really snapped. I remember the look in his eyes when he told me ‘you are going to die tonight’
It was hell.... hours of torture & ....
after being beat up & abused & ........... he took a bandana & put it over my mouth & kept covering my nose with his hands while he was on top of me. I kept trying to push his hands off my nose & move the bandana off my mouth. because he was trying to keep me pinned on the ground on my back trying to keep the bandana in my mouth & his hands over my nose all at the same time & I was trying so hard to do anything to get away & kept moving the bandana away from my mouth he started getting really mad. He got up to get something & I darted up & tried to get away. He caught up with me & pinned me down more & started shoving more bandanas in my mouth & choking me & just horrible stuff as he kept repeating ‘you are going to die tonight’
same thing I kept struggling so hard to get away, he said ‘that’s it!’ & grabbed me (he was much bigger than me) & threw me in the bathroom. Threw me on the floor. Still saying over & over ‘you are going to die tonight’ I’m getting chills as I write this, especially for some reason as I’m writing the words he kept saying. I’m going to get up a take a few breaths .......
okay just got up & took some breathes, got a cold cup of water to try to bring me back a little & lit a candle.
.....I’m going to try to finish this post.
.. Once he threw me in the bathroom on the floor & he started running the bathtub. I was sitting on the floor with him standing over me keeping me pressed on the side of the bathtub. Once the tub started filling up with water, he threw me in. I tried to jump out but he grabbed me & threw me down. He started pushing my head under the water & trying to drown me. I tried to jump out again & he threw me down & now he’s standing over me. He took his leg & stepped down on my chest so my back is on the bottom of the tub, when he pushed his leg down & stepped on my chest harder my body slid back more towards were the water was coming out of the faucet. He kept taking his foot and pushing up & down, & every time he pushed it down all the way, my back would hit the bathtub floor & my head would be completely covered with water & I couldn’t breath. I remember when I tried really hard to get up or push myself back up so I could breath , my head would come up & slam into the facet with running water that was just above my head. As this was happening the phone started ringing & he totally froze for a minute. I got my head above water, heard the phone ringing & saw him frozen up & looking over towards where the phone was ringing. At that very moment, like survival mode or something, I jumped up out of the tub & went to run towards the door. At the moment that he realized I jumped out of the tub & tried to run towards the door, he grabbed my arm to stop me. But because I was drenched with water my arm slipped rite out of his hands & I bolted out that bathroom. I’ll never forget bolting out of that bathroom as my wet arm slipped out of his grip, i ran down the hall as fast as I could & then had to run down these stairs towards the last door that lead outside. He was rite behind me, I bolted down those stairs, slammed open that door at the bottom of the steps that was thank God actually unlocked at 3 am & bolted through that door & just ran & ran. I was completely naked, drenched with water & so beaten & bloodied & bruised. & I ran block after block like that & ran up to a house & rung the doorbell for help. It was 3 in the morning, like I said I was completely naked, wet & beat up & bloody. In my head I was thinking oh my what are these people going to think if they open the door & see me like this, but I was still in survival mode I think. I knocked on the door a bunch of times & no one answered & I was so scared, I opened the door & it was unlocked so I actually went in. The house was dark & quite & there was a soft nightlight at the bottom of these stairs. I went down the stairs & saw a desk with a computer & a phone plugged into the wall on the side of it. I used the phone, called my cousin a couple times till she picked up. I told her what street I was on & she was going to come & get me. I told her that I was naked so she said she would meet me at the end of the street, I left that house ran down the street & waited in the bushes until she came down the street & flashed her car lights & I ran into the car, where she had a blanket & a change of clothes for me. To this day I still can’t believe that door was open & that no one in that house woke up when I came in & used the phone.
Im starting to cry rite now, I think I’m going to stop writing about this. There’s so much more to this story, especially the fact that I was stalked after this, my ex wanted to finish the job & I had to hide in motels all beat up & hoping my wounds would get better & oh my gosh .... just soooo much more but I’m going to have to be done writing about this for now.
This post so didn’t go close to any direction i knew it was going to.
Im having a really hard time.
If anyone read this all, I don’t even know what to say .... thank you ...I’m sorry
.... I’m shutting down rite now
im going to try to go breath.
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.

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Here's to hoping that opening up so far will ultimately help you take back your power and control of you life. Ultimately. . .
For now, breathing with you. . . When I'm trying to process traumatic memories, I find the breathing techniques I learned in childbirthing classes more helpful than deep breathing. I imagine myself trying to push that psychosis right out of my system.
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Congratulations on finding the courage to speak up. May the precedent feed your courage all the way past Thursday. Still breathing with you. . .
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Such horror you have been through.
I am so so sorry.
I will be with you in spirit on Thursday,there to hold your hand.
love&hugs&prayers
I am here for you, and I will also be thinking of you even more on Thursday.
Sending you positive and healing thoughts and prayers.
You are safe.
We're doing pretty good so far, but every major doctor's appointment sure is a challenge. Sending you my heartfelt support for yours upcoming because you deserve it, and also because I know you'll be there for me when my next disturbing doctor's appointment is on the horizon. You're not alone, you do know that.
You are in control! What you feel is real and never apologise for that.
**Hi5**, **Fist bump** Let us know how it goes!
Thankyou for sharing your story. Feel proud and powerful that you have done so!
Also feel honoured that you have shared a personal and sensitive part of your life with us.
Thankyou!
Tomorrow’s my appointment with jaw doctor & I’m scared but gonna keep my amethyst rock in my hand, try to breath & hope the appointment goes okay.
Big hugs <3
Big hug <3
Yesterday was a long day,
The appointment was hard, I was trying so hard to stay present & not cry, but I did cry anyway. I got the results of scans on my jaw, & he was showing me everything on this screen, kinda overwhelming.
He was showing me stuff & explaining stuff & I was trying so hard to not dissociate & ask the rite questions but ... I don’t know maybe I failed, but maybe not because I still was trying. I just wish I remembered to bring my notebook so I can write down stuff I need to know & remember.
But I’m going back on the 30th & will definitely bring my notebook.
In the scans he was showing me how the rite side of my jaw has disc dislocation, & he was explaining about the muscles & disfunction of the joints & injuries ..... & well some other stuff, it’s all so overwhelming.
We talked about how Ive put my jaw back in place myself & other stuff about my neck & how it was actually really hard to hold my neck up on it’s own while I was on my own being stalked & some other stuff that I’m actually not going to write out rite now because it’s pretty triggering.
When I go back on the 30th he’s going to make me an appliance for my jaw for my mouth. It’s not like a regular night guard, I’m supposed to sleep with it but also keep in my mouth hours before I go to bed. It’s supposed to keep my back molars unable to touch & the front part of my mouth I’m supposed to gently when I can try to move it back & forth (only as much as I can) to gain more motion in my jaw or something. I’ll probably be more clear on it at the next appointment when I can see it & they can explain it more. I’m unable at this point to open my mouth much more than about a centimeter (I have to check on the paper how much exactly because he measured it in millimeters). but either way I can not open my mouth very wide at all.
I told him a little about my some of my other stuff (not everything because there really is a lot), but the neck problems & bulging discs, the torn shoulder labrum & shoulder injuries & actually talked about my ribs. He also gave me a referral to this chiropractor lady that works in the same building. He said he thinks she can get my rib back in place & maybe help me with other things
I don’t know, it’s all so much, one day at a time, one moment at a time.
Big hug <3