"Your blog is full of crap." That was the subject line of an email from someone who called himself J A. He used a number of obscene words (and I was familiar with them). About the third paragraph, he wrote, "Your blog makes it sound so easy. Just do certain things and you're home free."
The only defense I can offer is that he read words that I didn't put in my blog. Thus I wrote an email with the following information to state my position:
* It's not easy to overcome childhood sexual abuse. It will probably take years.
* You have to accept the fresh pain of facing your old pain before you experience any level of healing.
* You have to be strong and determined to persevere if you want to overcome the effects of abuse.
* You'll probably never be completely healed—but you can get close.
* There are no easy solutions and there is never one answer that applies to everyone. Each of us has to find our own path to healing.
* Our abuse was personal and individual; our healing is personal and individual.
J A didn't respond to my email. I'm sorry J A didn't grasp what this blog has been saying from the beginning.
J A didn't respond to my email. I'm sorry J A didn't grasp what this blog has been saying from the beginning.
There are no easy solutions,
but there is hope for those who are courageous.
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