Karen answers Bethany
Richard Baer on Dec 22nd 2009
Comment by Bethany on 13 Dec 2009 at 10:17 pm
Dear Karen,
Life sucks for those of us who have been abused. Where does your faith come from?
Bethany
Dear Bethany,
My faith comes from God. My will to live, from within myself. I was unable to stop my own abuse so my mind created a sophisticated way to cope by creating alters. Trust your instincts. Believe in yourself. Have faith and your healing will follow. Please know that what has happened to you was never your fault. Abuse is abuse. You were a victim of abuse, not the perpetrator or a facilitator. Life may appear to suck at this time but with qualified help you too can overcome the past that haunts you.
I try my best everyday to stay optimistic. I admit some days can be hard and tiring. But what I do is try to distract my dark thoughts in any way that I can. Being a survivor is what makes me believe I am here for a reason. And NO one will ever take that away from me again. I have faith in you.
Wishing you all my best.
Karen
Hi Karen! Happy new year! Hope you’re having good holidays. I read your story…don’t know what to say about what happened to you!!! I think you’re the strongest woman on this Earth! Actually…your story is really interesting. Sorry, don’t misunderstand me, I study Psychology, so…i see your case from a student’s point of view. You know, I’m going to do my degree thesis about this argument…and, given that you and Dr Baer are a piece of story I’ll probably mention your book. I mean, you had 17 personalities and now you’re completely reintegrated!
Hope you don’t get offend for my enthusiasm…I do really respect you!
Well…good evening!(here in Italy it’s 7:30..by the way…sorry for my grammatical mistakes)
Best wishes! You’re great!
Martina