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My thanks to all wholl expressed their support for this exposure therapy trip Ive made to the sites of my trauma that gave me PTSD down here in South America. Ive got one more trauma visit to make to the site of my childhood school Monday, the site of many triumphs but of one big trauma, too. Triumphs and traumas. As musician Lou Reed )who also wrote Take a Walk on the Wild Side once put it
There's a bit of magic in everything
And then some loss to even things out (Magic and Loss, 1992)
School is where our pedophile, the son of a military officer who took advantage of our living under military dictatorship at the time to go rogue unpunished, found me and my 5 other little friends. Its scary and unpleasant to think about, but judging by how my visits to combat trauma sites have gone well, I look forward to the healing facing that place will bring. Thats the approach Ive set my compass to, anyway. Wish me well if you get the chance, as I do all of you.
Then Tues Im on the plane back to the US. It has turned cold down here. I kid you not: a cold front from the South Pole has come up and snows in the forecast. Soon as it turned so cold I got a cold, too. Had to visit the farmacia.
Blessings, everybody
There's a bit of magic in everything
And then some loss to even things out (Magic and Loss, 1992)
School is where our pedophile, the son of a military officer who took advantage of our living under military dictatorship at the time to go rogue unpunished, found me and my 5 other little friends. Its scary and unpleasant to think about, but judging by how my visits to combat trauma sites have gone well, I look forward to the healing facing that place will bring. Thats the approach Ive set my compass to, anyway. Wish me well if you get the chance, as I do all of you.
Then Tues Im on the plane back to the US. It has turned cold down here. I kid you not: a cold front from the South Pole has come up and snows in the forecast. Soon as it turned so cold I got a cold, too. Had to visit the farmacia.
Blessings, everybody
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
Healing prayers coming your way.
The next Equinox is September 22. That would be Spring equinox for the Southern hemisphere. It is all relative. Hope the sneezes pass quickly. Safe journey.
I wonder if that military son had also been abused. There is a certain kind of homosexuality that is fairly common in the military when a group of soldiers is isolated and there are no women around, and in prisons, same thing. ahh yes, and the priesthood.
I hope the visit to the school does help you to see things in the light of your growth in understanding and wisdom since your childhood. And remember... to ground yourself in the present, and feel free to post here to help in the grounding in the present.
hugs
BL2
It turns out he had abused his kids, my father included, quite extensively. My father had lied about that to us when we were kids. Hed made his father into some hero, and named me after him according to this made up narrative of his.
My father had run away to raise us kids overseas to try to be different. But that method was a failure, and he was an even worse abuser than his father had been. The geographical cure didnt involve facing the facts, telling the truth, and getting therapy so your hurt wouldnt hurt others.
There is no substiute, which is why my therapist suggested taking this trip. One more thing to face. Then back to the States for whatever else iis in store.
Blessings, everybody.