Posted by Daisym on December 16, 2008, at 23:39:30
In reply to Evenings are the worst, posted by Partlycloudy on December 16, 2008, at 18:43:03
Sometimes we are forced to go through that which we avoided previously. Having been molested, there should have been this same kind of numbness and pain - both psychologically and physically. You are feeling the shock all over again. Perhaps you did some of this back then, but more likely you stuffed it away, you conquered your fear by focusing on keeping the secret. Now that the secret is taking less energy - your psyche can open up to all these feelings.
You will get through this - you have to keep reminding yourself that you lived through the worst of it - when it happened before. But you also have to be gentle and take care of yourself - it sounds like you are doing that. It is like recovering from a long illness - you can only do so much each day. Evening is always worse when we are scared and tired and not feeling well. Especially after therapy. My son calls it therapy-hangover.
Remember to drink lots of hot tea, take your vitamins and sleep as much as possible. I hope Santa brings you something special.
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