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I think you're being a bit unfair with "I'm fine". Rumination is a real thing and for a lot of people they don't find it useful, or in fact actively harmful, t
by throwaway22032 2y ago
I think you're being a bit unfair with "I'm fine".
Rumination is a real thing and for a lot of people they don't find it useful, or in fact actively harmful, to draw attention to the fact repeatedly.
- AndrewKemendo 2y agoYes, dealing with past trauma is exceptionally difficult and it takes an exceptional amount of work to deal with Much like cancer, Parkinson’s disease, etc… You must overcome your fears to liberate yourself from your own anxieties
- lanstin 2y agoAnd the goal of therapy and other treatments is to in fact be fine. Also a common result of child sexual abuse is to feel uniquely specially damaged in a way no one could understand. Cut off from humanity, while in fact the experience is one some percentage of people share and while it's bad it's not something that renders your life hopelessly bad. Letting go of that feeling of specialness is hard but very beneficial. In some families the abuser is the only person to be warm or kind to the victim. Their only experience of comforting touch, which is needed, becomes a weirdly special secret.