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Can anyone relate?Hi 
Yes, I totally feel you on this one.
Mine, started ten years ago last fall.
And it still feels like it was yesterday, its still so fresh and raw, and it makes me wonder if it will ever "go away".
Sorry you have to go through this
Yes, I totally feel you on this one.
Mine, started ten years ago last fall.
And it still feels like it was yesterday, its still so fresh and raw, and it makes me wonder if it will ever "go away".
Sorry you have to go through this
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I know what you mean. I wonder if I'll ever feel "safe" or "normal" again. Or if I'll ever stop being so good as surviving and actually learn how to live again.
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I spent a really long time just repressing it all.
Trying to pretend it never happened, thinking that if I did all of that, then somehow it'd just "go away". I finally feel like I'm learning to actually live again, and to live not as half a person but to live as me.
Have you been in counseling or anything like that?
Trying to pretend it never happened, thinking that if I did all of that, then somehow it'd just "go away". I finally feel like I'm learning to actually live again, and to live not as half a person but to live as me.
Have you been in counseling or anything like that?
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I've had counseling...helped some...I begin therapy for survivors of clergy abuse in March...maybe that will help a little more because its more specific.
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I hope it does, atleast you'd know you werent alone.As much as I hate that other people had/have to go through this stuff, its nice to know that we arent alone too.
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Yeah...I've felt pretty alone about this because people that did try to help, really didn't know what to say or do. These well meaning people usually say the wrong thing and in some cases make things worse.
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I feel like you Mrslisae.
Just like you said, how do you go from being a survior, or surviving, to just living again....
Just like you said, how do you go from being a survior, or surviving, to just living again....
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While I had something similar happen to me, I understand the constant and nagging feeling of not feeling safe and always on guard.
During this time, it is important to lean on those who make you feel safe. God, family, friends. Invest much time in that closeness and renewing the connections.
While its tempting and quite easy to allow fear to gain control, we must make a effort to put each step forward and find the strength from within the grace of Jesus Christ, ourselves and our loved ones.
You can do this. Each day lived is another chance of hope, courage, life, and joy and peace.
And remember:
Ambrose Redmoon:
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
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SoFarAway
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sometimes it seems like time doesn't help and like it has just flown and it's hard to embrace that.
I feel like this alot. like it was just yesterday
I feel like this alot. like it was just yesterday
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Hey don't be stupid and macho like me and try to shake it off. Doesn't work. Going to counseling, praying, crying on the shoulder of your spouse, aaaannnd actually praying for that person will finally heal you. The last takes a long time to get to though, so don't rush.
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