Comments on: Inches Along The Telling Path http://www.multiplereflections.org/journal/2007/12/04/inches-along-the-telling-path/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:11:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Austin http://www.multiplereflections.org/journal/2007/12/04/inches-along-the-telling-path/#comment-286 Austin Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:51:10 +0000 http://www.multiplereflections.org/journal/2007/12/04/inches-along-the-telling-path/#comment-286 One of the first things I see in this post is a little girl responding to abuse by someone she saw as an authority figure. Once the trust of authority has been so ruthlessly violated, as in your case and the case of many other survivors, our ability to see true authority figures becomes blurred. the other thing is, he may not have been much older but even young people can be so dominant, so slick in their abuse that pre-conditioned abuse survivors fall prey to them without much effort on the part of the abuser. What one abuser does certainly lays path for other abusers to come along and take advantage of their work. In this way, abusers are on the same track. They abuse and then leave their work open for other abusers to take advantage of the mind altering, conditioning and lessons in guilt that they started. This is my fault, I'm making too much of this. Self respect isn't something they taught us. When we say, he was wrong despite his age and this has affected me we go against all we were taught about self worth. As explained, when it comes to DID self worth is a given. Our mind split to help us survive. I fully believe had we not, in the beginning, had we not seen our worth we may not have been able to continue to split to protect the core self, the valued self, the one worth protecting. I know every person in my system knew from the beginning that I was worth protecting. That gives me a measure of comfort. It doesn't add order to my life but it adds a measure of comfort to know from the beginning I was worth saving. My mind split to make sure I was around. It's a natural response to un-natural stress and abuse but I believe it is also evidence of a persons core belief in their self worth. I was worth saving. My mind made sure it helped me stay here, divided but still here. (the above is not scientific proof, just a strong belief about why my people continue w/out ceasing to protect my mind.) Austin One of the first things I see in this post is a little girl responding to abuse by someone she saw as an authority figure. Once the trust of authority has been so ruthlessly violated, as in your case and the case of many other survivors, our ability to see true authority figures becomes blurred. the other thing is, he may not have been much older but even young people can be so dominant, so slick in their abuse that pre-conditioned abuse survivors fall prey to them without much effort on the part of the abuser.

What one abuser does certainly lays path for other abusers to come along and take advantage of their work. In this way, abusers are on the same track. They abuse and then leave their work open for other abusers to take advantage of the mind altering, conditioning and lessons in guilt that they started.

This is my fault, I’m making too much of this. Self respect isn’t something they taught us. When we say, he was wrong despite his age and this has affected me we go against all we were taught about self worth.

As explained, when it comes to DID self worth is a given. Our mind split to help us survive. I fully believe had we not, in the beginning, had we not seen our worth we may not have been able to continue to split to protect the core self, the valued self, the one worth protecting. I know every person in my system knew from the beginning that I was worth protecting. That gives me a measure of comfort. It doesn’t add order to my life but it adds a measure of comfort to know from the beginning I was worth saving. My mind split to make sure I was around. It’s a natural response to un-natural stress and abuse but I believe it is also evidence of a persons core belief in their self worth. I was worth saving. My mind made sure it helped me stay here, divided but still here. (the above is not scientific proof, just a strong belief about why my people continue w/out ceasing to protect my mind.)

Austin

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