I have learned in the past couple of weeks that a close friend and a close friend-in-law were both the subjects of prolonged abuse as children. Neither knew how to grapple with this for years, nor did the people they told have the framework for how to address it.
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It's too disturbing, and awkward, and abnormal. Well, the result is that the victims end up having to carry the burdens by themselves. I don't know what to do with all this but it is occupying an enormous amount of my current thinking now that it hits close to home.
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I think the one thing that helped the most was having these people understand that they are not unique, and that there are mechanisms in place to make the situation better.
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A girl in my high school went to her parents to let them know her brother had been raping her and they dismissed her out of hand. I think about her all the time. There needs to be a system in place where she would know what to do & the people she confided in would know as well
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This is why I follow you. The sick burns are a awesome, but the way you handle death and tragedy is inspirational.
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What did you say that helped them?
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