Tag: sexual assault
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Finding a Solution Powerful Enough to Give Me a Better life
I first started Muay Thai as a way to overcome trauma. When I was 19, I was sexually assaulted by a family member who I had grown up with and knew well. I only told my parents 6 years later when I was 25, due to suppressing the memory and using a lot of things…
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My Gym Community is Like Second Family
At 2 years old my father stabbed my mother behind the ear and nearly killed her. At 5 years old, I was molested by a babysitter. When I was 10, my mother started getting into heavy drinking and drugs. She became neglectful and abusive. This would lead me down a path of being molested again,…
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I’m Learning that Not Everybody is an Enemy
My name is Laura Copeland and just under a year ago my life started to change for the better. It changed when I found Muay Thai. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which stemmed from a number of traumatic events, including rape and witnessing my best friend’s suicide. I spent…
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We Broke Through the Chains Holding Us Back
Aloha, My name is Hazel-Rose Kamaka’ona’onaokamalani Nāhi‘ena‘ena and I am a survivor of Domestic Abuse / Sexual Abuse for 17yrs, & Rape my Highschool senior year. I have fought all my life as a Boxer / MMA fighter, but my hardest battles were mental, spiritual, & emotional. I have suffered from PTSD, Anxiety, & Depression,…
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I Felt like I was Still Breathing but Not Alive Anymore
My story begins in 2020. Although I had an upbringing that included its fair share of abuse, abandonment and molestation, and panic attacks, it wasn’t until the pandemic year that I started to realize how it all really affected me. When I began seeing video after video of people who were the same color as…
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Finding Myself All Over Again
My story is one of perseverance, transformation, and finding myself all over again. It’s never simple knowing where to start with my story, but I do know I won’t stop sharing. Sharing to heal, and to help heal. My story is riddled with redirection and healing. I grew up thinking I had a normal upbringing,…
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Finding Purpose Through Pain- Erin’s Journey
Angela Lee Pucci opens up on mental health and Fightstory, a nonprofit organization inspired by the life of Victoria Lee. Angela discusses her own suicide attempt in 2017 and steps she took to improve her well-being and create an organization to educate and help combat sports athletes.
