"Why Did I Live When Others Didn't?"
- Feb 2, 2015
- 1 min read
Child abuse is one of the most horrible things that can happen to a person. It is the root of many crimes involving mentally ill (and untreated) people. Even Hitler got his cruelty from his childhood trauma that was left UNTREATED.
Being abused as a child makes you 3 to 4 times more likely to become depressed or suicidal as a teenager or adult, and 6 children in the States alone will commit suicide today because of child abuse.
I'm hurting, but I've survived through it all.
I know that where there is a will, there is a way. I've made up my mind to recover from my mental illnesses caused by years of child abuse, and I'm doing all that I can to heal, from group therapy to counselling to studying/reading about my issues.
I keep asking myself, "Why did I live when others didn't?". It gives me hope. Something tells me that I survived these things so I can do great things that only I can.
Perhaps a butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness and yet become something beautiful. I believe in butterflies. AND I also believe in neuroplasticity: that it IS possible for me to change my brain and recover from the damage that has been done to it.
Nature says YES. Science says YES. I say YES.
I hope today you will join us and start your journey by saying,
"YES".
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