Hello Trisha,
It makes me feel very sad when I read about all you have been through
in your life. I havee ters in my eyes as I write this. No one should
ever have to indure what you did. No one!!!
But I also have to say, you sound like one of the strongest people
I've ever met. How were you finnaly able to reach out for help? I
believe very strongly in the power of Angels. Sure sounds like you've
had 1 or maybe several looking out for you. Please keep reaching out
to us whenever you need to!!
All my best to you-Gary
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Trisha Cummings wrote:
> Anthony,
>
> Make that statement about Cerebral Palsy - has a history of
> Cerebral Palsy and that's something you don't want to be known for. And this
> used to be true - and just think how bad you have to fight the image now.The
> fact is all the stuff - you guys tag as "bad" and don't want to bring up -
> are the very things that people need to be able to talk about and be honest
> and that doesn't just include the person. There is no shame in trying to
> commit suicide - it a powerful signal to those around you - that they need
> to get off their duff and help you. And we need others to talk about it and
> understand. Most importantly, the "bad" things need to cease being things
> that get sweep under the rug and we feel ashamed to talk about them. I
> attempted suicide - once when I was 12 - I come from a very abusive
> background and at 12 - I couldn't handle the incest very well, nor being
> belittled and beaten - I wanted out - I did not want to live like this for
> another 6 years. Obviously I failed, as I writing this today - and I
> survived another 6 years of torture. And my parents covered up my overdose
> as childly stupidity - so I got no help. I can understand the kind of mental
> darkness that has one want to die. It is a feeling of hopelessness and
> dispare beyond words. I understand the feeling completely - and I know I
> can't let it win. I stroke my wrist and go on - I also know - I have no one
> I can go to and say - the darkness is here - help me - let me talk - but to
> talk about that stuff makes people uncomfortable. 1 in 4 girls with be
> sexually asaulted by the time she is 18, 1 in 7 boys will be sexually
> assaulted by the time they are 18, battered wives make up 5.4% of each
> 1,000. Suicide was in 1999 the 11th leading cause of death. IUn all abuse
> categories the percentage of disabled being abuse is higher that that of NDA
> persons. So not talking about things doesn't make go away. It makes your
> discomfort go away - and that - mon amie - means someone somewhere -
> commits suicide. The result of these kind of abuse is shame, fear, low or no
> self-esteem, isolating ones self, wanting to die. We need to reach out and
> make these things discussable - so we can let people know - it's okay, they
> are okay, and its not their fault, there are other ways, and we are here -
> to listen, to help, to understand, to talk about this stuff openly.
>
> Brightest Blessings - Trisha
>
> > I don't want to go against you because you're right, but I feel nobody
> > should bring up the fact that Kathy Jo has a history of trying to commit
> > suicide besides herself, because that's something you don't want to be
> > known
> >
>
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