Aly Raisman’s speech at the 2018 ESPY awards after the Arthur Ashe Courage Award was presented to the hundreds of survivors who were abused by former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University team
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Growing up in an abusive household is a fucking trip dude……If you’ve never had someone angrily wash a dish at you or fold a sock in your direction then how are you gonna understand why I get nervous when you quietly do the laundry, or why I ask “are you mad at me?” when you set the bag of groceries down too hard? It’s a totally different way of living and it impacts you long after you’ve left the situation.
This is so important.
Abused kids speak a language you can’t learn
My heart races when I hear someone sigh and then the adrenaline takes forever to wear off. I hate having these reactions even when I know I am safe.
It really is the tiniest things that trigger me and ppl seem to think I’m exaggerating.
Abused kids speak a language you can’t learn
Or when someone says something random, but it’s in THAT tone and it reminds you of your situation and you hear the words in back of your head for next few hours
I get so confused whenever I spill or break things and ppl don’t scream at me lol
Whenever people talk a little too loud, even if they’re happy, it usually sets me on edge. Same goes for movements being too loud, I get really nervous if someone’s slamming stuff around or just being too noisy in general.
when people stand behind me, especially when im on the computer etc (why i hate open plan offices), come into my room without knocking, generally disregard my personal space or privacy