Sep

9

Letting Go

Filed Under Flashbacks, Recovery, Relationships, Thoughts | 4 Comments

I’ve been thinking a lot about forgiveness. About a month ago, my counselor asked me if I have considered forgiving those who have sexually abused me. I’m sure I looked at her as if she was smoking crack.

I thought, ‘forgive them?!? Pfft. Why the fuck would I want to do that? She must be the crazy one.’

She could tell I wasn’t ready to think about doing that quite yet. She added, ‘It’s not something you have to do this minute, just think about it. Whom are you hurting by having all this anger and bitterness toward those men? You’re not hurting them. They probably don’t even think about what they did. Those feelings are holding you down just like invisible shackles.’

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