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10/26/22 #SameHere Hero: Andrew Wilson
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Andrew Wilson When I was 13 years old I was raped. I hid and suppressed what happened to me for the next 30 years of my life. My trauma impacted all of my social interactions and personal relationships as well as my personal behavior. The trauma...
10/4/22 #SameHere Hero: Donna Brown
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Donna Brown I come from generational trauma, which for me, impacted our young family life when our young, wounded mother departed from our family when we were very young children. From there, I became a widow and single mom at age 23, resulting from a tragic...
9/20/22 #SameHere Hero: Emma Goldman-Sherman
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Emma Goldman-Sherman Life hit me with autism and gender dysphoria. I was sexually abused from infancy until I was 12 years old. At 19 I lost my physically and emotionally abusive mother to cancer; she was 44. When I gave birth at 37, my traumatic memories...
8/11/22 #SameHere Hero: Uzma Makhdoom
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Uzma Makhdoom Hi - my name is Uzma but I go by Uzi. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I’m 19…I’m gonna be a sophomore in college soon, and my mental health story began when I was about 6ish when I lost my first grandparent and uncle. I...
8/10/22 #SameHere Hero: Alexa Von Berg
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Alexa Von Berg My heart aches for the version of me that I have outgrown, the Alexa trapped in a domestically violent relationship at ages 13, 14, and 15. I was raped, emotionally abused, mentally abused, verbally abused, hit, manipulated, controlled, but above all, tortured. Although...
7/26/22 #SameHere Hero: Stephen Bove
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Stephen Bove As February 2020 turned to March 2020 what seemed like medical science fiction became reality. The hospital I worked in as a physical therapist in New York became overwhelmed with patients suffering from COVID-19. Otherwise healthy people succumbed to the disease all around me....
3/26/22 #SameHere Hero: Genevieve Prasad
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Genevieve Prasad I came from a divorced family. It was difficult for me to adjust. My biological father was not present for most of my childhood and adolescence. My mother and father are alcoholics/addicts. Growing up, especially during my adolescence I saw my mom in active...
3/25/22 #SameHere Hero: Emma Barucci
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Emma Barucci I was in a really toxic relationship that was both mentally and physically abusive. It lasted two years and my partner was extremely manipulative and controlling and practically brainwashed me. Being in a relationship that bad had some pretty severe side effects. The trauma...
2/5/22 #SameHere Hero: Rosio Navarro
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Rosio Navarro Hi everyone, I really don't know what to say. It's my first time doing something like this so, I'll give it a shot. An experience that I went through this year that makes me low in mental health, and emotionally too is the loss...
10/31/21 #SameHere Hero: Gregory Reddington
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Gregory Reddington In 2013 I became a soldier in the US Army Reserve. In 2014, I became a police officer. This came about right after I ended my short professional career in mixed martial arts. I had a burning desire to help my Country and Community....
7/13/21 #SameHere Hero: Kate Eckman
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Kate Eckman I lost two loved ones to suicide in one year and it completely changed the trajectory of my life. It wasn’t just the pain of losing two friends to suicide; it was the constant hustle of trying to prove my worth to myself and...
6/27/21 #SameHere Hero: Karen Smith
Today’s SameHere Hero Story: Karen Smith I was put into foster care at 8months old and returned back to my biological alcoholic father 4 years later (after he fought the adoption process) while my biological mom remained in a mental institution due to trying to take her life. I still...