"Remind yourself every day, you survived. Never lose hope of a brighter tomorrow."
These are the words of Kathleen Correia, whose former husband, Sergio, was jailed for eight years for raping and coercively controlling her during their marriage.
She wrote the message now displayed on a billboard at Pearse Street Dart Station.
"When I turned the corner here and seen the billboard, I could feel myself feeling overwhelmed. I felt a lump in my throat going, oh my God, it's bigger than I thought," Ms Correia said.
Standing in front of the billboard displaying her message, she explained that she "chose this particular message because some days were so difficult it nearly was hard to breathe".
"I'm here and there is help and tomorrow will be better, and you just have to hope for that because you deserve it and everyone deserves to heal and to be supported," she said.
Ms Correia's message is one of six written by survivors of sexual violence. These 'Signs of Hope' will be displayed on billboards around the country from today.
"Back when I was going through the most horrific time in my life, there wasn't much talk about consent ... you didn't see it on the news, there weren't any campaigns," Ms Correia said.
"You feel very isolated and you feel alone and you wonder who can I talk to and will I be believed and it's very difficult.
"So I think for me, it was very important to be part of this campaign and I hope that it will help people and resonate for somebody who is going through a hard time that you don't have to do it alone and you can reach out for help."
Watch: Kathleen Correia speaks about the message she wrote for the campaign
Karen Stanley penned another of the messages.
"In your deepest isolation, you are never alone."
Ms Stanley was raped in a Dublin hotel in 2013. Her case took six years to go through the courts.
"It's such an isolating experience and it's, you know, you can feel very much on your own, the shame, the stigma that comes along with something like this," Ms Stanley explained.
She said she found help and support from the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
"They listen, they understand, and you're accepted, and and there are people that have the same experiences as you there as well," Ms Stanley said.
And yet, the majority of sexual abuse survivors never seek help.
The Central Statistics Office has found that one in two survivors will never tell another person about what happened to them, and four in five have never used a support service.
"We know that the issue of sexual violence is still surrounded by silence and with stigma and that is something that we really want to change, we really want to encourage people to reach out to the National Rape Crisis Helpline which is often the first step for people on a pathway towards healing," Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's CEO Rachel Morrogh said.
This is the second "Signs of Hope Campaign" after a similar initiative last year with messages from eight other survivors of sexual violence.
"In the first week of that campaign, calls to the National Rape Crisis Helpline increased by 78% and calls overall increased by 33%, so we know that these messages from survivors to survivors really connects and that's why we are running it again this year," Ms Morrogh said.
