02/05/2026
TW: SA, Epstein files
For many of us who have experienced violence and harm, the release of the Epstein files have left us feeling shaky, unsafe and angry. We might be doom scrolling, - looking, hoping for any amount of justice, finding it hard to concentrate or move through your day with any sense of ease or steadiness.
All of this is a normal response to being flooded with horrific images and never ending news loop of abuse at the hands of the powerful who may never face justice.
The feeling of anger may be because you did not consent to have an unrelenting barrage of news of sexual abuse and harm coming from social media, the news, conversations at work, well, every where. You did not consent to having to re live and process your own abuse this week.
All that you are feeling from rage to disconnection is a normal response. However, you are getting through your day in response to this, is ok too.