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  • About Me

    Image of SamiLou

    SamiLou

    Female, 18, Seeing Someone
    E. Petersburg, PA, USA
    Member since July 2

    • About Me

      I am a survivor. A fighter. I have overcome some of life's hardest challenges, and I am only eighteen years old. I have pushed through addictions, rapes, beatings, a heartless father, a sadistic ex boyfriend, a horrible miscarriage and suicide attempts. However now, I am able to find beauty in anything, and I absolutely love life. I have found someone who accpets me for who I truly am, and I could not ask for more.

      I am a survivor. A fighter. I have overcome some of life's hardest challenges, and I am only eighteen years old. I have pushed through addictions, rapes, beatings, a heartless father, a sadistic ex boyfriend, a horrible miscarriage and suicide attempts. However now, I am able to find beauty in anything, and I absolutely love life. I have found someone who accpets me for who I truly am, and I could not ask for more.

    • Interests

      Driving, Texting, Photography, Boyfriend, Best Friend, Music, Reading, Writing, Anything I Can Get An Adrenaline Rush From. Ha

      Driving, Texting, Photography, Boyfriend, Best Friend, Music, Reading, Writing, Anything I Can Get An

  • Recent Activity

    Recently:

    • 1 discussion post, 1 hug received, 1 hug given

    Friday

    October 28

    • SamiLou wrote a discussion post in the Miscarriage support group: Resentment? 10:53am

      does anyone else feel any type of resentment when they see that someone is pregnant, or even anyone who…  

    October 21

  • Journal

    • An Angel Never Dies.

      Mood September 4, 2009 9:34am

      Don’t let them say I wasn’t born, that something stopped my heart,I felt each tender squeeze you gave, I loved you from the …

    • Step-Father

      Mood August 19, 2009 10:49pm

      I view the man my mother married as a completely shallow douche bag. I cannot stand the man. However I do remain polite, only because he is married …

    • I Have A Job!

      Mood August 17, 2009 9:51pm

      I am now an employee of Sports Authority. I was hired on the spot, I was so excited when I walked out of there I called my mom and told her.

      While mom …

    • Made It Through

      Mood August 12, 2009 7:11am

      I just wanted to make it through the week without any pills.

      I did it.

      I could not be happier about that.

      My boyfriend helped alot, since he made sure …

    • Interview Wednesday

      Mood August 4, 2009 5:28am

      I have been trying to get another job or the past two months, since my current job stop putting me on the schedule. We are under new management, and …

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  • Hugbook

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    • Hug

      From MidnightShadow Wednesday

      sorry I haven't written lately (it seems like weeks) -- I have got a horrible cold or the flu - doctors gave me something, but it is just going to take time. I will be writing again soon. But Right Now, I only love my bed and pillows.

    • Hug

      From Charli0217 October 17

      Oftentimes in early recovery, it can seem like the bad days just keep coming and coming and coming. But that really isn't the case. What's happening is that you are dealing with memories of childhood abuse, abandonment, and neglect, and you are going through a grieving process as you work your way through it all. In time, as you begin to clear up the wreckage of your past, you days begin to look a little bit brighter. Before you know it, you've had a couple of days in a row that have actually been pretty positive. And then, you hahve a good week, and then a good month. And before you know it, your down days are very, very few and far between. What do you know, you've made it through the hard work of the recovery process, and you're living life in a whole new way. Your life is now filled with Peace, joy, and love. You're experiencing a life that you never dreamed possible, all because you have the strength and courage to face your demons and deal with them. And by doing so, the miracle that is SamiLou emerges from the ashes, like a Phoenix, and takes her rightful place in life as a survivor, a winner. This is what awaits you!! I assure you, if you do the necessary work of recovery, this WILL be your life, your reality. Don't lose faith. Even though it may seem dark now, there is light at the end of the tunnel. So realize that the bad days are necessary to reach the good ones, and continue to move forward until the prize is yours.

    • Flower

      From Charli0217 October 16

      Hi SamiLou,

      I would be delighted, and honored to be your friend. I read your profile and you really are a survivor. But that really doesn't begin to describe you. How about if I call you a miracle? That's what you are you know? As you've been able to overcome everything else, I'm sure you'll be able to overcome this sexual addiction as well. And I feel privileged that you've asked me to walk beside you as you begin to travel your recovery path. I'm looking forward to chatting with you again real soon!

    • Ray of Sunshine

      From writerchick11 October 9

      good morning, sweetheart :P

    • High Five

      From MidnightShadow October 9

      Sami
      did you ever notice. You are only 18 and yet you have the wisdom of a grandma. You are smart and sensitive and have gone through so much you are ageless. -- Great job on being a wonderful person. I am glad you are my friend.
      You are A Very Impressive Woman!

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  • Goals

    95 days sober. Last update Aug 12, 09
    Goal Completed on Aug 17, 09
  • Support Groups

    • Close Rape

      Basically my entire life I was raped...well for ten years, almost. If not by my father than by an abusive boyfriend(who is now out of the picture)...

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Not Working
      It would most likely be working if I kept going...but I can't handle it
      Talking Somewhat Helpful
      Most of the people I try to speak to about my past do not truly understand...
      Running Working / Worked
      I run to release stress or to think so this actually helps quite alot
    • Close Sexual Abuse

      It started when I was four, with my second cousin...two years when it ended, my father began another two years after the fact. That went on till I was eleven years old, and then it just got worse....

      Treatments

      Music Working / Worked
      I use music for everything...
      Talking Somewhat Helpful
      Not too many people understand the contamination I feel
      \"The Courage To Heal\" Somewhat Helpful
      I absolutely hated using this book...I believe it is still in my room, hidden somewhere...
    • Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

      My entire life I have been through abuse. Physical from my father and an ex-boyfriend. Mental from my mother and stepfather. There are days when it becomes too much

      Treatments

      Music Working / Worked
      Music is my world
      Psychotherapy Not Working
      It might be helpful if i actually kept going...
    • Open Miscarriage

      I am only eighteen years old and have experienced a loss so great that it breaks my heart just thinking about it. I lost my little one while I was three months...my angel would have been born this August eleventh.

      Treatments

      Crying Not Working
      I do this way too much
    • Open Depression

      After all that I have been through, depression was inevitable...

      Treatments

      Prozac Considering
      I stopped taking it
      Support from Friends & Family Not Working
      The family just kinda pushes it too the side....
    • Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      Flashbacks. Nightmares. Anxiety. Things I suffer from every single day of my life...

      Treatments

      Music Working / Worked
      Music is my world. I don't go anywhere without my iPod.
      Reading Working / Worked
      Reading is my escape from reality...
      Running Working / Worked
      I run every morning. It helps with the stress tremendously and it lets me think things out.
    • Open Teen Sexuality

      Not too much to say here...kinda self explanatory

    • Open Depression - Teen

      SamiLou hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Prescription Drug Abuse

      I battled this addiction for about three years on and off; once I am able to breakaway something would pull me back into the hole...however at this point(07/2009) I have been clean for two months, I do not want to go back.

      Treatments

      Running Working / Worked
      I run every single day it releases stress and allows me to think it helps.
      Reading Working / Worked
      This is my escape from reality...
    • Open College Stress

      I am a Freshman in College this yeat, it is exciting. Lol.

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