This opinion piece arises from my experiences in several support groups and the concerns that survivors bring to them and how those concerns are treated. It is also based on my own experience in healing.
Healing is a mysterious process. We use the word, but what does it mean? Does it mean the scars don't show, that we forget, that all is forgiven? Does it mean we just move on as best we can and try to put things behind us? My experience has pretty well fit the process as outlined by the article: Healing Facts. This means that there is no definable process except that healing seems like a neverending spiral.
Looking for Answers
It would be great if we had answers, if we could chart a course in healing that would give us certainty in our path, but I don't think that life is ever that simple and rarely that certain. Because we are unique, with different sensitivities and needs, how can our healing be anything but unique? And as for certainty? Perhaps that is the crux of the matter. Perhaps that is what is most horrifying about the effects of our encounters with evil....
"Obsession": The Beginning of Healing
Failure of Beliefs
A Soul With No Footprints
Losing Ourselves, Gaining Ourselves
Acceptance
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A Soul With No Footprints
