Posted by seldomseen on May 3, 2008, at 7:50:22
In reply to movie Sybil? I am scared, I want my T*triggers*, posted by Happyflower on May 2, 2008, at 23:03:49
Yeah, they should slap a trigger warning on that movie. A big one.
I'm sorry it caused you upset.
One thing that just killed me about the movie (and my therapist and I actually laugh about this all the time) is that scene at the end where Joanne Woodward and Sybil are sitting out under a tree in a very pastoral setting. Suddenly all is right with the world. I think the shrink is actually stroking Sybil's hair.
Oh yeah - like that's the way it goes. A big revelation and all of a sudden everything is fine. Psssh, that's when the work really begins!
I keep telling my T that I'm waiting for him to come over and stroke my hair!I'm also sorry that all of these horrible things happened to you as a child. The world is not a very fair place at all.
I'm sorry that you have to re-live and remember. There is safety to be had in the world however, and you are no longer in that abusive, horrible situation.
You are an adult with "active agency" over your life now. You can create safety and hope and love. You can (and have) offered it to others.
It's so hard to break free from those shackles, but you are doing it.
Seldom.
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