{"id":2808,"date":"2011-12-09T23:04:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T04:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2011-12-09T23:04:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T04:04:58","slug":"karen-answers-olivia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=2808","title":{"rendered":"Karen answers Olivia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comment by Olivia on 23 Oct 2011 at 3:36 pm<\/p>\n

Dear Karen,<\/p>\n

Switching Time is surely the most fascinating book I ever read.<\/p>\n

Half the time I was crying because of all the suffering you had to take. The other half i was stunned and fascinated by which mechanisms our brain manages to protect our soul and with this keeps it alive.<\/p>\n

Having suffered a partly abusive childhood myself I\u2019m still struggling to leave the past behind and to forgive.<\/p>\n

Your strength and courage are a big inspiration to me.<\/p>\n

Thank you for sharing your story and god bless you!<\/p>\n

With all the best wishes from Spain,<\/p>\n

Olivia from Spain<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dear Olivia,<\/p>\n

Thank you for your kind thoughts and compliments! I am sorry to hear you cried but glad to hear you could empathize with my story and healing. I believe multiplicity is a God sent coping mechanism. I believe that God couldn’t prevent all that happened to me but was able to provide me with an amazing way of keeping the trauma and abuse fragmented until I was able to deal with it as an adult.<\/p>\n

I’m sorry you suffered an abusive childhood yourself. It’s never fair or the fault of a child. Though it most certainly is difficult to leave one’s past behind and move forward, I found it necessary in order to heal. I\u2019d rather forget my past but I admit triggers may come and go. What’s most important to me these days is whenever a trigger drags me back to a dark thought or hurtful past I acknowledge it, deal with it by putting it back where it belongs. I try my best not to allow my past to affect my present and not to allow past pain into my future. For me, forgiveness is a must. If I dwell on the abuse that happened to me then my abusers have won. I no longer wish to be a prisoner of my own life. I chose to live.<\/p>\n

I hope my answers help bring understanding.<\/p>\n

God bless you,<\/p>\n

Karen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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