SUE SAID , THIS NEEDS TO BE ADRESSED, SHE IS SOOO RIGHT, SO OFTEN ABUSE DOES GO ON FOR YEARS, I FOR INSTANCE AFTER 40YRS , STILL GET A CHURNING IN THE GUT,SIMPLY AT THE THOUGHT OF MEETING SOMEONE NEW, EVEN WHEN I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM MANY TIMES ON LINE OR/AND PHONE. YOU SEE , I WAS TOLD SO MANY TIMES AS A CHILD, I WAS USELESS, EVERYTHING IN MY MUMS LIFE WAS MY FAULT,BY 20 I TRULY WOULD AUTOMATICALY SAY "OH IM SORRY" EVEN WHEN THINGS WERE NOT IN ANY WAY MY FAULT, I STIL DO AT VERY LOW TIMES, I TRY TO MAKE PEOPLES MOOD BETTER WHEN I,M LOW , (IT MUST BE MY FAULT).....NOW....... I HAVEN,T TOLD YOU ALL THIS FOR SYMPATHY, ......BUT.... SIMPLY TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF THE MANY FORMS PAIN , ABUSE BEGINS, THESE CHARACTERISTICS TEND TO FOLLOW US ALL OUR LIVES, UNTILL ...WE RECOGNISE... THE SIGNS..... THAT IS WE ARE PUNISHING OUR SELVES...ONCE AGAIN.TERRIBLE STORIES OF HURRICANS, TORNADO,ES HAVE FILLED THE NEWS THESE LAST FEW YRS, MY HEART TRULY BLEEDS FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED....... BUT ABUSE SURVIVERS ARE .....SILENT,,THEIR TORNADOES, HURRICANES, GO ON IN THE SECRECY OF THE ABUSE VICTIMS HEARTS..... THE AFTERMATH OF ABUSE ARE SO MANY AND SO VARIED, WE GET , LACK OF CONFIDENCE, INSECURITY,LOSS/GAINS OF WEIGHT, UNFOUNDED FEARS SO MANY SYMPTOMS......BUT...THE GOOD NEWS ISBY SHARING "UNMASKING THESE FEELINGS, " WE LEARN TO RECOGNISE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE........UNSUBSTANTIAL GHOSTS, THAT FADE OVER TIME, WITH 1.RECONITION.2. SHARING.3.ACCEPTANCE. 4. LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES AND OTHERS, AND THE RELISATION, THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. BLESS AND THANK YOU ((((SUE)) |