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Our blog features the stories from participants here at SafeHope Home who wanted to share her story with you. The blogs will be anonymous to protect their identities, all the other details of their journeys will be left as is. We hope that through this blog, you will gain insight into the issue of human trafficking that is happening here in Canada and that you’ll be encouraged to see that change, though a long journey, is possible.
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Dealing with High-Stress Situations
When I first came into recovery, dealing with high-stress situations was a little messy, to say the least. Even now, when I find myself...
Aug 5, 20211 min read
Celebration
This week is celebration week at SafeHope Home and I thought that it would be a good idea to explain to the readers what that looks like....
Jul 29, 20212 min read
The Road To Recovery
In this week’s blog post I thought I would speak about the ups and downs of recovery. This is a loaded subject that I could probably...
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Gratitude
In the last week, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on the amount of progress that I have made since coming to SafeHope Home. Reflecting...
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Self Discovery
After separating myself from my trafficker and making the decision to get clean and sober, I often found myself at a loss as to who I...
Jul 8, 20212 min read
Re-Victimization
In this week’s blog post I thought I would speak about revictimization and the damage it has caused me. When referring back to my own...
Jul 2, 20212 min read
Mental Health
For the last week or so I’ve kind of been struggling with my mental health, so I thought that’s what I would speak about in this week’s...
Jun 24, 20212 min read
Triggers
I feel that I haven’t spoken very much about the ways that my trauma has affected me as an individual. This week, I would like to use the...
Jun 10, 20212 min read
Addiction and Human Trafficking
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the effect that my addiction had on me while I was actively being trafficked. Although I didn’t...
Jun 3, 20212 min read
Complex Trauma
In this week’s blog, I would like to speak about complex trauma and how it affects the mind, body and spirit. First things first, I...
May 27, 20212 min read
Looking for the Signs
In this week’s blog, I would like to focus on what was happening in my family life once my trafficking situation began. Often, I feel...
May 20, 20212 min read
My Teen Years
In last week’s blog, I touched on some early childhood stuff. This week, I will be speaking about my teen years. Before you keep reading,...
May 13, 20212 min read
The Beginning
Hey there, Ricky again. I hope you enjoyed the blog last week. This week I thought I would dive a little deeper into my story. Growing up...
May 6, 20212 min read
A New Chapter
Hi there, my name is Ricky. You may recognize me from a previous blog post. I made an appearance back in December around Christmas time....
Apr 29, 20212 min read
The Thing About Recovery
Here’s the thing about recovery… it’s not what you think. It never ends up being what you imagined it would be like. It’s terrifying and...
Aug 13, 20203 min read
Triggers
After living a life full of traumatizing experiences, many things which may appear at first to be minor or insignificant to others may...
Jul 30, 20205 min read
The Effects of Trafficking on Family & Friends
The parent or parents of a sexually trafficked and addicted individual typically take one of two paths. Either the parent decides to...
Jul 24, 20205 min read
Types of Pimps/Grooming
I can not manage to condense the experiences of the years in the sex industry in a few short blogs. There are many events experienced...
Jul 16, 20207 min read
Trust & Self-Esteem
Learning to trust again is quite the task after being taught not to trust for so long. I’d been brainwashed by traffickers, and by...
Jul 9, 20204 min read
The Way Out?
The journey out was as harrowing, confusing, and exhausting and seemingly endless as the journey in. Although the officer met me at the...
Jul 2, 20204 min read
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