I am very sorry about your daughter.Mentioning that family dynamic was not uncompassionate,on the contrary mentioned that as a possible reason for what you do .If you dont want it mentioned,dont publicy post your problems then.
It was the way you spoke about it Tina! I have been doing this for years Tina ... LONG BEFORE SOME THERAPIST STUFFED MY DAUGHTER UP! I have been on the internet for 10 years and on the Bulliten Boards until they were taken over by the net. I moderated the Cult Awareness International Forum on the Bulliten Boards for years.The very fact that I have been able to get past what happened to my family 6 years ago and keep reaching out to others speaks for itself.So let's put this in context. I have been doing support for 20 years plus. I organized the first annual ex's convention in 1981.
I organized them every year until 1993.
At those conventions we have had some well known guests like Randy Watters, Steven Hassan, Charles Trombely, Robert Countess, Robert Morey, etc.
I have been on international forums since I got my first computer and modem in 1987. First the Bulliten Boards and then the internet (before it became popular).In 1994 my daughter was stuffed up by the therapists .....and at the END of 1994 we learnt what was happening.
6 weeks later my mother had a stroke and became demented (she lived with us) and a week later, on Feb 24th, our 22 month old grand daughter was killed in a car accident. I buried one of my long term foster daughters on May 2nd. A week before my 50th birthday my mother physically attacked me the way she used to when I was a child and I finally had to let her go to others for care on my 50th birthday. A week later one of my oldest friends died.I could have done one of two things Tina. I could have just hidden under the sheets and said "Stuff the world" or I could learn to deal with it all and get on with life. I chose to do the second.Because I recognised my emotional state, I took a sabbatical from organizing conventions and doing counselling and concentrated on things like organizing our web page etc. When I was sufficiently healed from the trauma I took up where I left off. That is when I started posting to these forums instead of just lurking. Tina, I do this because I care about people and I love seeing people grow and become what they were meant to be. Despite what you think, I don't NEED to do it.
JanG
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