Brummet's Conscious Blog

When I was a guest on the  The Opinionated Podcast the host said something that had me thinking...  "When people are in abused situations they often feel guilt, and they hold on that guilt and feel like they will be judged. It is must be so hard for victims to come forward with something like that." It is hard, and it is an on-going journey. You think that you are over it and then all of a sudden something comes up and you realize - " oh - ok here is another healing journey I get to go on, (Yay) another mountain I get to climb ". But you have to be patient with the process and the people around you have to be patient too. Granted there are people out there who will hang on to their pain and use it as a crutch so that they don't have to face the challenge of their own fears and overcome the walls they built up for themselves and live a full life. Basically they are their own abuser, they have agreed to do this - not consciously - but they do make that decision.  ...