oceanblueeyes
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I totally agree. I am a survivor, and have known many from a support group I have been in. Many have PTSD and suffered from bad reactions. Some of us acted out in bad ways. Promiscuity, or drug/alcohol abuse is sometimes rampant while a survivor works through their issues. And yet none of the survivors I have known have ever driven around with their dead child in their car trunk. None of them would ever go out and party after watching their abuser rape and murder their child.
I am sorry to hear that Katy but so glad to see you have fought your demons and won.
I am so blessed that I never turned to drugs/alcohol. Maybe that was because my abuser was an alcoholic.
I am now 65 years old and live a great life and have for many decades now but there are things that still haunt me from my childhood. I still experience things from my past. I cant stand for our home to be dark with the drapes drawn. I have to have a lot of light and all the room doors must be open in our home.
I still can be frightened easily and will go all to pieces when someone is just joking around and tries to sneak up on me when I dont know they are there. But for the most part I can confront what happened to me and deal with it very well. I know it is not the past that makes a person who they become. It is the journey they have traveled since then.
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