Tag: silence

• 30 Seconds of Courage

  

  Jessica Woodville’s memoir, “Smoking in Garages: A Survivor’s Story of Trauma and Resilience,” explores the power of sharing one’s truth to combat trauma. She emphasizes how small acts of courage can lead to healing and urges others to confront their pain, highlighting the need for systemic change to support childhood trauma survivors.

  jessicawoodville

  March 19, 2025

  Adverse Childhood Experiences, Advocacy, Personal Essays, Survival and Healing

  30 seconds of bravery, abuse, addiction, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Cendie Stanford, cptsd, domestic violence, dv, healing, Jessica Woodville, memoir, Memoir Writing, mental health, ptsd, resilience, silence, survival, trauma, trauma recovery, Troubled Teen Industry, writing

• When The Silence Is Deafening

  

  I’ve been writing on the internet since the Yahoo Geocities days—back when personal blogs were clunky, glittery, and filled with badly formatted text. I’ve poured my heart onto metaphorical paper for as long as I can remember, leaving pieces of myself in the digital ether, hoping my words might land somewhere, with someone. And yet,…

  jessicawoodville

  March 11, 2025

  Personal Essays

  community, connection, cptsd, doubt, Elyse Myers, Find Less, find your tribe, healing, life, loneliness, love, mental health, personal, ptsd, reflections, rejection, relationships, self-doubt, silence, trauma, trauma recovery, vulnerability, writing