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more than half a century into my recovery from child sextrafficking finds me dogmatically convinced that understanding is overrated. even my fellow prostitution survivors don't seem to understand and i seldom understand them in return. the vast majority of my early pro parade were shocked to discover that child prostitution even existed. yo. . . college grad. . . it's the world's oldest profession. back in the bad old days, 19 was old for a female whore and even older for a boy whore. yes, esteemed professionals. homosexuality has been around even longer than prostitution, for both genders. just another well-published secret, i reckon. winky wink. . .
the courageous professionals who took on my case in the early 70's and quite literally saved my life didn't claim to understand. they navigated by the willingness to explore new worlds in search of possible solutions. i thank you, my healing warriors. none of the theories we worked by made it to the internet, but i thank you for working bravely with the tools which were available way back when the dumbest of us was still smarter than a phone.
fast forward to 2023 and i still can't seem to understand the current psychoterms, nor the people who weild them with such authority, but more and more i let it be okay that i don't understand my sibs-in-healing. my job is not to understand you. my job is to be supportive until you understand yourself.
again, i'm not sure what i am reaching for here. just trying to get ^it^ into words.
am i making sense?
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
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Once again I've had a fever today. I'm not going to the hospital because that's a huge waste of time but I did schedule a dr appointment for Wednesday afternoon.
Yea I can relate for sure… I wish I could write more but my minds been hijacked by pmdd … I was going to respond to this yesterday but couldn’t function well with words enough to
Sometimes I wonder if it’s like a side effect or whatever you call it from being through a lot of crazy traumas is feeling like can’t relate or understand or something
Sometimes or some days I feel like I can only understand other animals that are not human
Gosh I’m sorry Arfie I hope I’m making any sense too
One thing I can say for sure is that I will think of you later when I lite a nice candle :)
Big hugs <3 <3 <3
Words of wisdom Arf..... Big hug.... xo
often times i can express more freely when i feel like my mind has been hijacked. it's easier to come from the heart when my mind is mia (missing in action).
i'll second the notion that the inability to understand other humans is a direct side effect of living through allot of crazy traumas. seems like i've read that that is even listed as an official ptsd symptom. i believe that freeing myself of the burden of needing to understand WTF other people do WTF they do makes me a far better therapy supporter. that be yours to sort, my sib-in-healing. gentle support while you sort.
on the other side of the support desk, not worrying about what other people understand helps me focus on understanding WTF **i** do WTF **i** do.