Posted by happyflower on October 7, 2007, at 14:45:41
In reply to What is the silver lining of child abuse?, posted by happyflower on October 7, 2007, at 10:52:23
It has me thinking why are most T's victims of some sort? Doesn't what happened to them give them the desire to help others?
My T said the other day that the best therapist are the ones who were f*ck*d up at one time or another in their lives.
Just knowing people here, it seems most of have a sensitivity that others in real life seem to be missing. It seems we all are here because of a common reason, doesn't that say something? Who is more likely to understand babble or outside person?
I know I would love to not have the abuse I have had happen to me too, but it did and I can't change that fact. But I can change how I look at it or my own mental health. I know abuse is very bad, but somehow I think I am a stronger person because of it. Now I don't think I would have felt this way 2 years ago when I was suffering with PTSD because of it. I feel I am in a different place now and can look at it differently. Sure I wish it didnt' happen, but it did. But I refuse for it to win over me.
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