- Mar 25, 2005
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I am having a difficult time. On top of the usual depression and grief over the divorce, I am dealing with the painful effects of my childhood. That pain has never gone away. My husband is the only person besides a therapist who knows how they hurt me. Letting go of him means that I have to face that alone and I am very scared.
All of the terrible things that my mother said to me have stuck and have been the source of my depression. She said things like, "You are worthless," "You are selfish," You may be smart but you won't be able to hold a regular job," and "You wont make it in the real world."
I believe all of the things she said about me, especially that I won't be able to make it in the real world (told me that in high school)...since I lost my training position after professional school.
I finally talked to my therapist today about how angry and hurt I was because of my childhood and told her some examples. She was apalled. She also said that talking to Janice about those traumatic things during medical school was not something she would have suggested. She said that most people who go through that kind of crap and open up to talk about it are unable to function in their life because of all the stress of it. She said people who work part time at Wal Mart have to stay home because they are almost comatose from the trauma of it all. She said the stress of professional school plus the therapy I did with that therapist made me so much worse. She said I was grieving my lost childhood and lack of not having loving parents during that time.
Just talking about it today made me so upset. I have felt exhausted and ill to my stomach since I got home. She said that I had "learned helplessness" - that during my childhood, I could never do the right thing, that it was always a double bind. For example, if I studied hard to make good grades, my mom would say I was lazy and didn't help her enough. They were never proud of me or came to my award ceremonies. If I would not have got good grades, perfect grades, they would have said I was not studying hard enough. I could never make them happy with me, no matter how hard I tried.
I just feel very afraid. I have pent up anger at my parents. I feel afraid. I feel afraid that I won't get better.
I feel numb. It is hard to be around them. I am not able to live anywhere else right now.
I need to know that I am not a failure or worthless or unable to make it. I am broken. I feel like I can't be put together again.
My therapist said I have to reject the lies my parents told me...It is hard. They are deeply rooted in my depression.
I could use some encouragement and prayer.
Oh my dear I know where you must be - desolation - I suffered like you did - I was always rejected by my Mum and Dad, though I loved them so at first - I lost it!
Yet Jesus gave it back to me when He brought me to our Dad Upstairs and I could finally truly be loved in His loving arms



You are also invited by Jesus - all us hurting ones firstly of all!
This are the steps I took - time and again until all the bricks were in the right place.
The hurt you are feeling now is what was put into you by sin, other peoples sin and also your own.
You feeling so bad is therefore The Truth of your down trodden love - this is why you must feel so bad.
step 1
Forgive God for the pain that The Truth of your Life down here hurt you so, not That our Heavenly Father is guilty - but often we have it in us to think like so!
step 2
Forgive Yourself for being loveless and having carried such a burden for so long!
Step 3
Lay your hurting life before Jesus - just lay down on bed comfortably and let all the pain come - just cry it into His arms.
I found psalm 51 The Best Word to help me with this!
YouTube - ‪Sons Of Korah Psalm 51‬‎
It took me quiet some time to get all the hurt out, so don't despair, but let His Loving Truth grow in you - until you are whole!
(If possible have a fully trusted and informed loved one(s) with you - if things are very deep down!. To pray, and encourage you onwards.
)Often The Lord takes smallish bites, so you don't perish in your terrible inner misery - for years of loveless treatment has incredible stores hidden within us. (Rev 2)
However our Father is a VERY GRACIOUS God.
He hates it that The Wicked who hurt you so bad are still walking free hurting others as well. Yet He wants to save you and all who caused this terrible desolation to be alive within.
So GRACEFUL TRUTHFUL LOVE is The first Word to know - Alive within you - The Living Word - get to know Him really well.
I read The Bible in love for God, myself (for otherwise how can I love others?) and others and His love grew as the years went past setting me free from my agony!
Best of Journey beloved of The Lord, please don't tarry longer than you have to!
Please sister we don't want other people to suffer your kind of lovelessness - but we do want The wicked to receive their due reward - those horrible loveless lying thoughts and feelings which loveless evil have used to hurt so.
Jesus has His eyes on THEM



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