#GivingTuesday #TuesdayforTrauma
Most people assume trauma happens “somewhere else.”
To “someone else.”
A child in another town.
Another home.
Another family.
But the truth is…
Many of the adults you pass every single day — at the grocery store, at work, in line for coffee, sitting beside you in church — are carrying childhood trauma they never received help for.
They were the quiet ones.
The strong ones.
The ones who grew up fast.
The ones who learned to stay small and stay safe.
The ones who survived things they were too young to understand — and had nobody to turn to.
They became the adults who were “missed.”
Not because they weren’t hurting.
But because they learned, early and painfully, that no one was coming.
These adults enter their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s still carrying wounds they were never given the tools to heal.
And the hardest part?
Most of them have no idea what's wrong.
They just think:
“I’m too much.”
“I’m too emotional.”
“I’m too sensitive.”
“I’m too angry.”
“I should be over this by now.”
They are not “too much.”
They are unhealed.
And not because they didn’t want help —
but because help was never offered.
✨ This is why Hesed Place exists.
Because healing shouldn’t have an expiration date.
Because trauma doesn’t magically disappear with age.
Because people shouldn’t have to build a life on top of wounds that were never tended.
Because the adults who were missed as children deserve to be seen, understood, and supported now.
For years, survivors gathered online at Healing Place @ Hesed — over 250 hours of trauma education, nervous system support, and community connection.
And then this year… something incredible happened:
We opened our doors for the first time.
For the first time, adults with complex trauma could walk into a safe space and say:
“I’m ready to heal. But I can’t do it alone anymore.”
We watched people who spent decades feeling invisible suddenly feel seen.
People who spent their entire lives bracing for impact finally take a breath.
People who thought healing wasn’t possible rediscover hope again.
And now — our work is expanding faster than our resources.
We are preparing to offer:
✨ Trauma-informed psychotherapy referrals
✨ Meaningful sensory-based healing activities
✨ Trauma-informed community training for professionals
✨ A multidisciplinary hub survivors can trust
✨ The ENGAGE Program connecting survivors and nonprofits
✨ Long-term plans for a trauma center and tiny home community
We are building what so many survivors needed years ago —
and what far too many still don’t have access to today.
And we can’t do it alone.
✨ This Giving Tuesday, you become part of someone’s healing story.
You become the reason an adult who was missed as a child finally gets the support they needed.
You become the bridge between trauma and transformation.
Between surviving and living.
Between hopelessness and possibility.
Your financial gift isn’t just a donation.
It is a statement:
“You deserved healing then. You deserve healing now. And I’m standing with you.”
Your involvement — volunteering, advocating, sharing, giving — says:
“We are building a community where nobody falls through the cracks again.”
Together, we can make sure the next generation grows up in a world where communities understand trauma, where survivors are supported, and where healing is not something people must do alone.
Together, we can turn a story of being “missed”
into a story of being held, supported, and finally seen.
Join us this Giving Tuesday.
Give healing.
Give community.
Give hope.
Because healing begins the moment someone says,
“You don’t have to carry this alone anymore.”
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