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When trauma creates unwanted responsibility for others' protection

I was sexually assaulted two years ago and since then I have become intensely aware of other women's safety in ways that feel like both a calling and a burden I never asked for.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Surviving violation can generate a hyper-awareness of vulnerability in others that feels like both a moral obligation and an exhausting weight.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Post-traumatic growth — what can grow in the soil of loss?”

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