my dad is going through old pictures on old phones because of my opas passing (he’s trying to find pictures of him) and in the process there are pictures of my abuser and i on there from when i was younger. so i get home from work today and my dad asks me who the worst marvel-

-villain is. or who i think is the worse. and off the top of my head i just say “oh, grant ward” and so my dad goes. “well i have deleted pictures of you and grant ward off of the phones” and when i tell you I ALMOST CRIED LAUGHING. LIKE this means a lot to me bc-

before i was dx’d with cptsd my parents didn’t understand why the name of my abuser sent me into a panic. but my mom looked at me today and saw me laughing and the look of joy on her face as she said “clare- that’s huge progress” because a few years ago-

-i wouldn’t be able to make a joke of it. yes i still have a long way to go!! but this made me :-DD