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When Trauma Gets Trapped in the Body, Mind, and Spiritual Self

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[Image Description: The background of the image has a rusty cage-like light brown pattern. "When Trauma Gets Trapped in the Body, Mind, and Spiritual Self" in center-aligned bolded yellow text in the middle of the image. Below the text, there is a drawn graphic designed picture of a white female sitting on a light gray floor with her knees bent and her back against a white wall. The female is holding her face in both of her hands and wearing a long-sleeved magenta shirt and navy blue sweatpants with her light blonde hair in a bun. The female is also wearing a medium melon colored headband and light melon colored scrunchie in her hair. She is also wearing a round light lavender ring on her right ring finger, a bracelet with a pattern of red and green square shaped beads on her right wrist, a bracelet with a pattern of round light purple and orange beads on her left wrist, and silver diamond shaped earrings. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner

Let's Talk About Survivor's Guilt

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[Image Description: "Your survivor's guilt is valid even if..." in center-aligned italicized violet text. 3 rows of 3 light pink roses with 2 dark green leaves attached to the left side of each. "Your trauma was not life-threatening" is in left-aligned bolded dark aqua text under the first rose in the first row. "You were just a witness" is in left-aligned bolded dark aqua text under the second rose in the first row. "You do or do not have PTSD" is in left-aligned bolded dark aqua text under the third rose in the first row. "Other people say it isn't valid" is in left-aligned bolded dark aqua text under the first rose in the second row. "Your trauma happened a while ago" is in left-aligned bolded dark aqua text under the second rose in the second row. "You tried to save other people who were being harmed" is in left-aligned bolded dark aqua text under the third rose in the second row. "You th

Quality of Influential Content and Friends Over Quantity of Followers and Friends

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[Image Description: "QUALITY" is in center-aligned violet text above a center-aligned straight black line. There are several people hugging emojis scattered above "QUALITY." "QUANITY" is in center-aligned violet text below the line. There are several melon and white Instagram like notification symbols with a white heart on the left and "1" in right-aligned white text, people of different races and genders holding hands emojis, and people silhouette emojis scattered below "QUANTITY."  My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner of the image with "FIRST FORMER BUDDY CLUB PRESIDENT" in center-aligned italicized black font overlapping an enlarged light blue heart with several small red hearts and a light blue background in the background of the enlarged heart. ] CONTENT WARNING: The religious/spiritual opinions on this blog post are mine based on my own experiences and do not reflect the opin

How to Talk to Someone with Suicidal Thoughts

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[Image Description: "When these infidel states are vanquished, you become a life-giver to others; 'And if anyone saves a life, it is as if that person has given life to humankind altogether.' -Qur'an 5:32" in left-aligned dark purple text. There is an enlarged dark purple and turquoise suicide prevention ribbon in the bottom right corner of the image. My First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom right corner of the image with "FIRST FORMER BUDDY CLUB PRESIDENT" in center-aligned italicized black font overlapping an enlarged light blue heart will several small red hearts and a lighter blue background in the background of the enlarged heart. The background of the whole image that the quote, suicide prevention ribbon, and logo are on is light blue. ] CONTENT WARNING #1:  I would like to mention that I am not a medical doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist, or therapist and I am sharing this content for educational purposes only. Social media shou