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\nComment by Vivica on 05 Jan 2010 at 4:19 pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Hello Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n
I am a student interested in becoming a psychologist. I read most of your answers below after reading \u201cA Life in Pieces\u201d. In high school you appear to have changed for the better after a revelation came to you that you were abused. I admire your courage to take stand for yourself. I have one question? What else happened during your teenage years that lessened the abuse you suffered by your father?<\/span><\/p>\n
I am proud to know you thru this blog. Thank you kindly.<\/span><\/p>\n
Vivica, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Dear Vivica,<\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you for your question. Yes, there were more than a few changes in my life during my high school years that lessened my abuse. For one, my father suffered a stroke during my sophomore year that decreased his ability to hurt me. I watched this aggressive manipulative man become dependent on\u00a0his family to eat and take care of himself. During the several months it took for my father to recover, he changed.\u00a0I became stronger,\u00a0and he withdrew from me in fear that I would now retaliate and expose him. I never did, but he now believed me to be a threat. The table had slightly turned. My father\u00a0continued to be verbally abusive, most likely whenever he didn’t get\u00a0his way. My siblings and I bonded and fought for ourselves. My father never fully came back to his old self. He had become too weak from his illness. I was\u00a0free from sexual abuse at last.<\/span><\/p>\n
There are many changes that happen as we mature and grow. For me, high school proved to be a new awakening. I learned more about life, people, who I was, and what kind of person I wanted to be. I learned to be kind despite the cruelty bestowed upon me. I was never a bad child. I was a compliant child and harm came my way. I survived and grew with alter help and\u00a0by absorbing the good in people that I’d come to know through the years. High School was a blessing; I loved my teachers and they were fond of me. I gained strength during those years while continuing to balance my fragmented life.<\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you for your kind thoughts and for being proud of me.<\/span><\/p>\n
Karen<\/span><\/p>\n
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