Ally Chiu – lawyer, feminist, writer, poet, survivor

Trigger warning: Content relates to child sexual abuse and sexual violence.

I started this blog as an aid to my own healing journey. I hope it can do the same for other survivors, and increase understanding of our plight across broader society.

Trauma work is conceptually simple, but monstrously difficult to execute in reality.

You must:

(1) sit and feel the traumatic emotions; and

(2) intellectually process it in the context of your experiences and the world.

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    Aliens (short story)

    April 12, 2023 by

    One day, Amelia woke up in the company of aliens from another planet. She had no memories of her life before she started living with aliens. Their language sounded like English aurally, but they couldn’t communicate since they were creatures from different worlds. Even though they lived in the same spaceship, they lived in a… Read more

  • PTSD (poem)

    February 1, 2023 by

    Experienced death but inexplicably living, Pandora’s horrors felt all at once. Masked delusions for protection absent, No rosy lenses to watch film noir. Body betrays you and invites in demons, Terror sweats from every pore. Pain and agony in every nerve fiber, Proof of life is absence of death’s peace. War cries and weapons waging,… Read more

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