Episodios

  • Music (and Ke$ha)

    Music (and Ke$ha)
    Mar 28 2024
    !TW! SA. DV. !TW! Music has played a huge part in my life overall, but it has especially helped me heal over the past two years. Here’s more! https://linktr.ee/appalachian_rising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    13 m
  • Exclusive (pt. 5): My “Chronic Illness” Journey

    Exclusive (pt. 5): My “Chronic Illness” Journey
    Mar 22 2024
    TW! DV, medical abuse and gaslighting, chronic illness and even poop talk. Sorry, not sorry. It’s par for the course. :) Although I harbor unexplored anger for most of the ways in which my ex wife abused me over the course of a decade, I’m oddly grateful for my journey with chronic illness that resulted from my ex trying to slowly kill me for both pleasure and for my sister’s $1 million in the bank. Perspective is everything. It took me nearly a year and a half to admit to the fact that my ex wife had done this, although it was suggested to me by many people upon my initial escape. But regardless, navigating the medical system gave me perspective and insight to a struggle that is very real and very traumatic, and I’ll always be grateful for what I’ve learned. And I’ll always try harder to believe lived experiences. So, here it is: A little about my chronic illness journey caused by my ex spouse intentionally making me sick. And please excuse the background noise and the throat clearing—I’m recording from my phone and can neither pause nor edit! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    24 m
  • The Mark of the Witch

    The Mark of the Witch
    Mar 18 2024
    TW! Trauma and mention of CSA! TW! I was born with a port wine stain birthmark over my left cheek. Little did I know that after decades of hiding this physical fact about myself, it would later usher in the emergence of me being a more authentic version of myself. This is The Mark of the Witch. https://linktr.ee/appalachian_rising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    10 m
  • Exclusive (pt. 4): The Brain Surgery

    Exclusive (pt. 4): The Brain Surgery
    Mar 13 2024
    !TW! DV, cussing, & medical trauma. !TW! You may have heard me mention my seemingly “elective brain surgery” before. Well, here’s what I mean by that. Hold tight through the medical terminology. I try to water it down as much as possible, but some is necessary for context! https://linktr.ee/appalachian_rising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    29 m
  • Complex Trauma is a Systemic Issue, Not a Moral Failure of Victims

    Complex Trauma is a Systemic Issue, Not a Moral Failure of Victims
    Mar 7 2024
    !TW! Domestic Violence and psychological abuse. !TW! I want to start having more conversations surrounding the ways issues like DV and other behaviors that create complex trauma are supported by systems in place—and all of those systems are based on money. Let’s start here. https://linktr.ee/appalachian_rising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    16 m
  • Exclusive (pt 3): Abuse OF the Court for Financial Gain

    Exclusive (pt 3): Abuse OF the Court for Financial Gain
    Mar 7 2024
    !TW! Mention of domestic abuse and financial abuse of a disabled person. !TW! Again, so sorry that I’m recording these episodes from my phone! Thank you!!! Financial abuse: In my case, financial abuse by my spouse didn’t stop at me. My ex wife used the court system to also steal from my profoundly intellectually and developmentally disabled sister. Here’s how that looked. https://linktr.ee/appalachian_rising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    25 m
  • My Toxic Self

    My Toxic Self
    Mar 6 2024
    TW! Trauma. Cussing. TW! I spend a lot of time talking about and openly deconstructing from people who have harmed me, but what about my own part in toxicity and harmful behavior? Where’s MY accountability? In this episode, I take a swing at deconstructing some of that. I have disorganized attachment, and while I don’t have borderline personality disorder (BPD), I have many characteristics because of my childhood trauma. So what does that mean? How does that look? Why does it affect others? Accountability is almost impossible for a trauma survivor until they start to understand that accountability and blame are NOT synonymous. And stay tuned as I continue to release the exclusive details of my true-crime of a life story one last time in a multi part series, with new and deconstructed more COMPLETE information, ALL here, rather than across various platforms. https://linktr.ee/appalachian_rising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    26 m
  • Survivor’s Guilt: Her Name was Damaris (Pt. 1 of a 2 part bonus episode)

    Survivor’s Guilt: Her Name was Damaris (Pt. 1 of a 2 part bonus episode)
    Mar 5 2024
    TW! TW! TW! Mention of childhood trauma and violent rape and abuse of a disabled person! TW! TW! TW! Also, I’m recording from my phone and unable to edit, so I apologize. A “glass child” is the sibling of a person who has extra needs or who requires special supports, and who may feel unseen or overshadowed by their siblings needs—as if they feel see-through like glass. I am a glass child, because of an alleged birth injury my sister incurred upon being delivered. That story on its own is very questionable, but more on that later. This is part one of my sister’s story that I’ve never told. This is only about my sister’s trauma. This is to humanize her by sharing her experiences, both dark and light. But I’m doing a part 2 about who she was as a human being. It will be called: Her Name Was Damaris (pt 2). Her name deserves to be said. And as always, I can be reached at AppalachianStoryWeaver@gmail.com. And you can find my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/appalachian_rising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appalachianrising/message
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    14 m