Why Self-Care is So Important to Rape & Abuse Survivors | Including An Etsy Gift Guide | Merry Christmas 2024

For Christmas this year, the Shake My Hand Campaign wanted to put this article together with a quick discussion on why self-care and self-love is so important to everyone, but particularly; to survivors of rape and/or sexual abuse. The post will also include a gift guide of items from Etsy UK which we would recommend as being great for self-care – for full disclosure, this gift guide is not sponsored nor commissioned in any way. We hope that it inspires you to treat yourself to a little something that will help you to feel even just a little bit better…

One Attribute & Skill I’ve Found Important in Moving Forwards After Rape & Abuse By Campaign Founder, Aimee Wilson

“Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.”

Les Paul

Some of Shake My Hand’s most popular content on our social media channels (@shakemyhandUK on Twitter and Instagram) are when we post practical skills to help you cope with different difficulties you might face in the aftermath of rape and sexual abuse. So, with that in mind, as well as a recent achievement of my own in allowing my GP to conduct a personal examination, I was inspired to write this piece about a practical attribute and skill that I have personally found important in moving forwards from the rape and abuse that I experienced as a teenager. Now, I’m in no way saying that this is essential or fundamental; just that I found it to be really useful in my own recovery and in the process of taking steps forward instead of back…