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"nancree" > wrote:

> I guess I feel anonymous with
> all of you, so I've let myself tell you the story. I hope it helps
> someone. It takes will to make that phone call for a therapist. But
> they can help in a way that family and friends can't .
> Thanks for listening.

Thank you for being willing to share about your experience. You're
right that therapy can really help. It can help with the aftermath of
experiences as dramatically horrible as yours and with the aftermath of
much more subtle violation which doesn't even pass the bounds of
legality, and with everything inbetween. Being someone who loves the
person who was victimized can be as traumatic as being the one
victimized, in some cases.

There is no shame in asking for help. It is one of the bravest things
one can do. And it can make all the difference.

Priscilla, been there
--
"You can't welcome someone into a body of Christ and then say only
certain rooms are open." -- dancertm in alt.religion.christian.episcopal