#reasontokeepfighting

SHARe your REASON

Are you here to share your #REASONTOKEEPFIGHTING? We’re so happy you are here with us today and we’re grateful that you want to share what helped inspire your fighting spirit! By sharing you might help someone else find their own #REASONTOKEEPFIGHTING! Fill out the form below (all areas are optional except the email and message boxes because we want to maintain your privacy as much as is possible. If you wish to remain anonymous, simply leave the name field blank and indicate that you wish to stay anonymous and we will post your content without any personal information attached. That being said we think you should be proud for choosing to share your #REASONTOKEEPFIGHTING so if you do want to have your name attached, please fill out appropriate fields below. Remember your REASON can be submitted in any format—a story of hope, a video, song lyrics, artwork, etc. If the format of your REASON is something other than text, email us directly with the media sent as an attachment, because some media cannot be sent using the below form or send us an email at info@endthesilentepidemic.org!

 
 

First Submission of #reasonstokeepfighting: Singing is my reason to fight!

Hi my name is Emma, I’m the founder of @ENDTHESILENTEPIDEMIC. I wanted to lick of the #REASONSTOKEEPFIGHTING initiative by sharing my own. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse—I have struggled with PTSD, trauma, along other mental health issues since I began being victimized at age 4. The abuse made me feel utterly powerless, something I get to heal by singing. When I have a flashback or I am having a particular rough day, I crank a tune, usually one with a fierce female vocalist, and belt the lyrics at the top of my lungs—that powerless/victim persona falls away and suddenly I’m Beyonce! Well ok, maybe Beyoncé is a stretch, but it is when I feel the most confident, happy, and at peace.

Is music one of your #REASONSTOKEEPFIGHTING? We’d love to hear your unique reason and the story behind it—send us your #REASONS in whatever multi-media format it may come in: video, photo, text, etc, by sending it as an attachment in an email to INFO@ENDTHESILENTEPIDEMIC.ORG!

We salute you FOR FIGHTING TO BE HERE TODAY! Please #KEEPFIGHTING and we @endthesilentepidemic will #NEVERSTOPFIGHTINGFORYOU

 
 

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