BBC Radio 4 Interview with Trevor McDonald 2016
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Why sexual assault victims stay silent example 1 million: Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross are defending Michael Jackson
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Streisand says Jackson’s abuse of children "didn’t kill them."
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
~ Anais Nin
This quote resonates with me so deeply. When my memories returned when my eldest daughter became the same age I was when I was gang raped, I returned to therapy.
Initially I was a really bad client because I wanted to find a way to squash my memories back down, to forget them again. But I soon realised I couldn’t. And that I had to find a way to accept all that was done to me, knowing I couldn’t change any of it and be ok with that.
I saw that my denial of the details was actually causing me more harm than the details themselves.
And when I finally accepted of all my memories, things became so much easier. Looking back I didn’t realise I had held myself back so much by always trying to squash the memories down.
Accepting them had brought peace but more importantly a more connected space for me to grow and live from.
The memories occupied too much of me, but by facing them I have diluted and integrated them, taking the sting of the energy, that was also trapped, too.
#anaisnin #nevergiveup #hope #findyourvoice #Unbroken