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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy
Tooblue, that takes real courage and personal strength to tell your story. Thanks.
Out of curiosity, have you found a measure of catharsis in working with the non-profit on behalf of abused children? I have often wondered about the healing process for those who volunteer in the very area that negatively impacted them in the first place.....does the repeated exposure to the issue make it more or less difficult to move forward or does it empower the individual to a self-realization that their experiences were not their own fault, but the doing of someone else?
If it is too personal to discuss, no worries and apologies for asking an inappropriate question. Just wanted to say that I really respect your post.
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There is an idea in psychology that if you confront and immerse yourself in the trauma, that it may lose its saliency. Such work is done in post-traumatic stress disorder.
This however is slightly different than helping in a cause, but the same principle applies. You are not avoiding the subject and cues that remind you of the past abuse.