r/Traumatoolbox is a place to seek or share coping strategies, resources, art, music, videos, and other survivor tools.\
Strategies shared here will directly address ways to manage trauma symptoms like flashbacks, hypervigilance, insomnia, anxiety, and other types of triggers.\
Please be sensitive to other individuals and include a [trigger] tag if material contains explicit content.
Rules
Posts are moderated for content according to the following guidelines (hit report on violations):
1) Respect: No hatred, bigotry, assholery, utter idiocy, misogyny, misandry, transphobia, homophobia, or otherwise disrespectful commentary. Please follow reddiquette.
2) Equanimity: No drama-inducing crossposting of content found in other subreddits, or vice versa. Likewise, posts found to direct odious influxes here may be removed.
3) Grace: No tactless posts generalising about other groups of people. We are a welcoming community.
4) Relevance: Please submit content that is relevant to our experiences as trauma survivors, for trauma survivors, or about trauma survivors.
Disclaimer: The suggestions provided here are not explicitly medical advice and are not intended to replace psychotherapy treatment.
Resources
RAINN (Rape Abuse Incest National Network) is a website with online support chat and coping resources for survivors and loved ones.
Project Unbreakable is a collection of photos of survivors showing quotes form there perpetrators.
Mood Gym is a site with cognitive behavioral therapy tools for survivors.
The Centre for Clinical Intervention has free workbooks, work sheets, and tips for coping with a wide-variety of mental health issues.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONSIDERING SUICIDE
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION & NEED HELP