Writer | Advocate | Volunteer
Virginia, USA
Joined December 2017
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Thanks to @TheMightySite for sharing my newest article! I've had such a huge response from this one.💜💪
"We get sick believing we'll eventually get better, but unfortunately, that's not always the way it works." bit.ly/3qrIsNI
Lydia Joy retweeted
Must-read on the Troubled Teen Industry by @LydiaJoy360:
"In America, 50,000 of our children are kept in residential treatment centers every year in over 1,000 facilities. Many of these centers have religious affiliations."
killingthebuddha.com/mag/dam…
Thank you to @TheMightySite for sharing this part of my journey.
"Through a series of traumatic events, I've developed an inability to take pill form medications." themighty.com/2022/01/cant-s…
Lydia Joy retweeted
"Gothard himself has been accused of more than 34 counts of sexual harassment." #BNGopinion By Lydia Joy Launderville bit.ly/3IKbbay
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Must-read from @LydiaJoy360:
"The sexual abuse of children is commonplace among the independent fundamental Baptists. Unfortunately, so is the mishandling of sexual crimes."
baptistnews.com/article/i-su…
Thank you @TheMightySite for the share!
"To make that decision, while literally the entire world is watching, is simply incredible." mgty.co/3jsyOZk
Honored @TheMightySite chose to share this piece I wrote!
Thank you so much @TheMightySite for the share!
"I want to try for love. For happiness. For living my best life even with my health problems." bit.ly/3y3kH2Q
Lydia Joy retweeted
@AOC Survivors from a religious abusive residential troubled teen program spoke Last Saturday. Several sexual assaults cases in NYS court now.This program abuse religious freedoms and left many broken. AOC we need your help for legislation & your voice.
youtu.be/6m7P9jiPzTc
Thank you @TheMightySite for sharing my story!
Lydia Joy retweeted
"Revealing you have been a victim of religious trauma is like sharing any other form of trauma: it’s utterly terrifying. Validation during what can be the most vulnerable moment of a survivor’s life is vital."
~@LydiaJoy360
themighty.com/2021/06/trauma…
This was an important one for me. Thank you @TheMightySite for picking this up!
"I had to validate myself and show my body the same courtesy I would give to anyone else." bit.ly/32h5v3S
A big thank you to @TheMightySite for publishing this very vulnerable write.
As always a big thank you to @TheMightySite for sharing this.💜
Thank you to @TheMightySite for publishing this important piece of mine. To all survivors out there, the biggest hug.❤️💪
Lydia Joy retweeted
"This helpful pain chart provides a written description of each number." mgty.co/386s0vY
One of my most personal writes. Thank you to @TheMightySite for publishing this!
Honored, as always, to contribute to such an awesome community as @TheMightySite.💜
"We get sick believing we'll eventually get better, but unfortunately, that's not always the way it works." bit.ly/3qrIsNI
•Fearing how I dress could result in a "lustful" man sexually assaulting me.
•Learning to be assertive.
•Voicing opinions uniquely my own.
•Advocating for my right to take a seat at the conversation table among my peers.