Comments on: that kind of day http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2006/05/04/that-kind-of-day/ A Book for Teens & Adults Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:36:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Carolyn Lehman http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2006/05/04/that-kind-of-day/#comment-27428 Carolyn Lehman Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:27:46 +0000 http://strongattheheart.com/blog/?p=30#comment-27428 Dear Courtney-- My heart aches for the injustice that you---and so many of us---endured. What I hope this site, and the book, can say to you is "Don't give up!" So many survivors I know, myself included, have felt as you do. The majority of the people interviewed for the book were suicidal at one point or another in their lives. The key thing is that they held on. They kept telling until they got help that REALLY HELPED. (That means telling friends, family that you trust, social workers, school counselors, parents of friends, other survivors, therapists, pastors, pets, etc.) And then they kept working on healing. Don't let the unjust justice system stop you from healing your own life. There is an and to abuse, to the depression and isolation that often follows, to the feelings of helplessness and rage. Finding this website means that you are already reaching out. Keep it up. Someday you will look back and be amazed at the distance you will have come. And you will appreciate the courage that it took to survive your childhood and to live the life of your own choosing. Carolyn Dear Courtney–

My heart aches for the injustice that you—and so many of us—endured.

What I hope this site, and the book, can say to you is “Don’t give up!”

So many survivors I know, myself included, have felt as you do. The majority of the people interviewed for the book were suicidal at one point or another in their lives.

The key thing is that they held on. They kept telling until they got help that REALLY HELPED. (That means telling friends, family that you trust, social workers, school counselors, parents of friends, other survivors, therapists, pastors, pets, etc.) And then they kept working on healing.

Don’t let the unjust justice system stop you from healing your own life.

There is an and to abuse, to the depression and isolation that often follows, to the feelings of helplessness and rage.

Finding this website means that you are already reaching out. Keep it up. Someday you will look back and be amazed at the distance you will have come. And you will appreciate the courage that it took to survive your childhood and to live the life of your own choosing.

Carolyn

]]> By: courtney http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2006/05/04/that-kind-of-day/#comment-27343 courtney Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:21:07 +0000 http://strongattheheart.com/blog/?p=30#comment-27343 your site helped. but when you 17 years old and you have been molested my the man who was going to adopt you. your world shatters all around you. i talk about it write about it. and cry it out. it doesnt matter. it happend and nothing is going to change that. i just hate when justice wasnt served. the man who hurt me and my sister got off the hook. yeah he sees a theripist, but thats all.and the judge acted like he didnt care. he said if i knew it was going to keep happening why did i put my self in the situatation. funny... what was i supose to do. i lived with him. now that i wasnt adopted and now am in foster care. life couldnt get any worse. eventually you just want to give up.. your site helped. but when you 17 years old and you have been molested my the man who was going to adopt you. your world shatters all around you. i talk about it write about it. and cry it out. it doesnt matter. it happend and nothing is going to change that. i just hate when justice wasnt served. the man who hurt me and my sister got off the hook. yeah he sees a theripist, but thats all.and the judge acted like he didnt care. he said if i knew it was going to keep happening why did i put my self in the situatation. funny… what was i supose to do. i lived with him. now that i wasnt adopted and now am in foster care. life couldnt get any worse. eventually you just want to give up..

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