Aly Raisman
speaker
644 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 26 Jun
Aly Raisman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 1.
Appearances
worked with me like for example there was um a person's name that someone who had abused me that their name was so triggering for me and so like any time i'd be with someone and they'd mention their name not about the person but maybe like their friend or someone they're golfing with i was just like i'd feel this like feeling and so i would read a children's book
with his name that was just like or I'd read a book about an athlete that had the same name so it's like getting used to that name in a more positive way and so I feel like my therapist has done such a good job of meeting me where I'm at because in the past maybe another therapist is like just tell me all about your trauma I'm like I just let's just start with the children's book like I'll watch a little kid show something to like baby steps into it and I've learned there's no right or wrong way and I think like I have I
So many people come up to me all the time and share their stories of, like, being a survivor of abuse or their mental health struggles.
And I always will say to them, like, if you're having a tough day, it's okay to watch your favorite show on Netflix or whatever it is.
Like, it's okay to just, like, give yourself a break because when you are – people don't realize when you've experienced trauma, you have –
PTSD, you're going through it.
Even if you're on the most beautiful island in the entire world, you are not there mentally sometimes and you're just like reliving your trauma over and over again.
And so I always try to validate people's experiences because I think so many people don't understand trauma and like the mental side of it and how hard it is to
be present when you're going through a hard time.
Like even if someone's hard time happened 10 years ago, you still could be living it every single day.
You still could be super paranoid.
You know, PTSD is like not one size fits all.
It affects you in so many different ways.
You could be totally fine.
And then there could be like, you know, someone's body lotion reminds you of a smell and it brings you right back.
And so I think that we all just have to
talk about it more so we're all more aware of like how much people are struggling and dealing with and give people grace because sometimes you just need to it's okay to just be home and take time for yourself so I'm glad my therapist has kind of given me permission to um
to just take it really baby steps.
And she's really good about taking a break and now finding good coping ways if I feel stressed or something.
Thank you.
Showing 241–260 of 644 · page 13 of 33
← Previous
Next →