Healing for me was not being overpowered by the thoughts of abuse. Healing was being able to live my life without involuntarily being thrust into thinking about what happened to me. It is being able to cope with the past without the abuse making me feel inferior, less than "real", or unable to achieve my true potential. Healing makes me join the ranks of the regular world...not perfect, but dealing with problems without letting them be a primary focus. In summary, healing now looks like the neutralization of the "impairment" of my abuse. It is all still there, but I am not ashamed of it, it does not dictate how I act or think....at all. I could go and speak to room full of people tomorrow and tell them that I am a survivor of some very harsh abuse and I will not be ashamed or accepting of any blame. Instead I will stand there and deliver that message as if I were a veteran home from the war telling those people about unspeakable acts that were a part of my past experience and that I am using that pain and suffering to help others today. That is my true story of healing and what it looks and feels like for me.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:49:27 +0000
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