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Do these stories seem familiar to you? Jenna, Carl, Terry, Jesse, and Corey are not their real names. Other details have also been changed. If their stories sound familiar to you, if you have that kind of emotional pain, please know that there are ways to get out of the pain. Hearing tough stories like their stories is what I love to do.
Jenna's Story
Learned Helplessness leads to Hopelessness
Jenna had watched helplessly growing up as her father drifted further from them. More often, for more days at a time he would sit in his study, lost in the past, his only company for days at a time had been bottles of vodka. She had wondered why she had not been able to make him happy... Carl's Story Isolation and Shame Carl had never been sure which part was worse. Was it hiding on the attic steps with his twin sister covering their ears so they did not hear the arguing? Or watching their father walk out the door and never return. Carl had known that if he had just not broken that plate that day, his father would never have left... Terry's Story
PTSD and Substance Abuse
Terry left much pain behind when he went to college on a partial scholarship half way across the country. He never looked back, except to try and get his brother Jason to join him. Jason had stayed, trying to fix the unfixable family until the day that Jason gave up, tragically, by killing himself... Jesi's Story
Feeling Flashbacks
Jessi remembered the terrible feeling. Anytime anyone became upset, loud, scared or angry, instantly Jessi was three years old again. Sometimes Jessi saw flashes of the nursery, most of the time Jessi just remembered the feelings. Her brother had died of crib death...
Corey's Story
Sexual Abuse
Corey had always been a tower or strength, until she had held her newborn child in her arms and began to wonder secretly, "Why hadn't I been this worthy of protection?” It was then that Corey had started to have trouble getting out of the pain. It should have been a beautiful time in her life, but the flashes of shame and doubt had begun...
I wanted to hear their stories because I wanted to help them to get out of the pain. If you have already learned to get out of the pain and stay out, click the "Telling Your Story" tab. I would love to help you to look back from a safe distance so you can heal! Please don't wait another day. |
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