Situational Identity: You have the option to name the specific situation or to maintain anonymity. You can always reveal it later, but you cannot go the other direction. If you are in doubt, we recommend protecting your identity. We will not make this determination for you and will work with whatever level of disclosure you are comfortable sharing. Survivor’s Identity: You can choose to tell your story anonymously, pseudonymously, or by using part of or your whole name. You have several options on how to proceed: Survivors have widely ranging levels of comfort regarding disclosing personal identifying information publicly. *As ACNAtoo continues to learn and grow, we anticipate updating these guidelines. If you are unsure how your story can be written or adapted to fit within these guidelines, we encourage you to reach out and we will work with you. (While we may have to make edits for guidelines adherence, the survivor will always have the right to accept or reject the final version of the story before publishing.) We usually engage in extensive conversations with survivors during the story-writing process and we partner with survivors to help refine or rework any areas of their story which might violate our guidelines before publishing. While ACNAtoo reserves the right to accept or reject stories, our posture remains one of survivor belief and we will generally accept stories that fit our stated parameters. These guidelines were established in collaboration among survivors, advocates, and trauma-informed professionals on the ACNAtoo team, using lessons learned from helping platform survivors over the past several months. In these guidelines, we briefly address some of the common reasons survivors report choosing to share their stories publicly, then outline ACNAtoo’s established guidelines and best practices* for all spiritual abuse stories we receive. Some survivors find sharing publicly to be part of their healing process for others, it may do them more harm. Every survivor’s path to healing is different, and there is no one-size-fits-all plan. Sharing your story of abuse publicly (even if you remain anonymous) is a big step and one that we counsel survivors not to take lightly. In some cases, survivors who reach out to us are also looking to tell their stories publicly. Many survivors are simply looking for this connection and support, which can be a significant step in the healing process. Next, as appropriate, we offer peer support (connections with fellow ACNAtoo survivors) and direct them to qualified professional resources. When survivors reach out to share their stories with us privately, our first step is to listen to and validate their experiences. As part of our ongoing advocacy efforts, ACNAtoo offers our platform to ACNA survivors of any form of abuse who choose to tell their stories publicly.
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