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Originally posted by kiwidoc:
[BLet me tell you the stories of some of my patients who have suicided. The 27 year old man who had voices abusing and reviling him 24 hours a day since the age of 17, and no treatment helped in the slightest. The 75 year old who still had nightmares about his time in Dachau and the guilt of still being alive finally overwhelmed him. The 40 year old man who crashed his van and heard his son die next to him, and who's head injury left him with unbelievably severe muscle spasms that did not respond to treatment. The 16year old girl whos father chained her to the bed and raped her after burning cigarettes on her leg as far back as she could remember, she finally gathers up the courage and runs to grandad - who raped her as well. [/B]
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Let me tell you the story of a close friend of mine, now in a position of leadership in a church and the picture of mental health, grace and serene beauty.
As a child her father took her took Satanic rituals where she was tied to a stake, burnt and raped. Raped in Satanic rites that her father participated in, ignoring the screams of mercy from his daughter.
She ended up becoming old enough to leave home and hit the streets escaping in drugs and the surrounding lifestyle in an effort to avoid the pain of the situation. Thankfully she ended up one night in a church, and from there started a road to restoration and healing that totally replaced the mental trauma of her childhood. She totally credits God, is married, has a child, teaches christian worship and blesses those who hear her music in their soul. Her testimony blew me away.
The point is for every one of your "patients" who didn't make it, there is one of my students, friends or co-worshippers who did. I had a friend who was raped by her brother as a child yet they both overcame the situation as adults. I have friends who have been addicted to all sorts of drugs, alcohol and the like. Friends who have gone through divorce, loss of child and the like.
It's life. My own life... someone the other day suggested I live a charmed life, yet I've walked through pits I'd hope none have to face, of such extreme emotional pressure.
We all have our pit, our crazy period, our period of extreme darkness. Some don't make it, some have to endure ridiculous odds. It takes bravery to face these and simply put one foot in front of the other. But the life lived when the other side is reached is one of comparitively immeasurable joy.
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