Hi guys,
Well as always I kept myself too busy today. After 2 hour session of PT I picked up my niece to go thrift shopping. This is the one who has been in mental health care. She really opened up to me today. She told me about her mothers boyfriend force feeding her when she would not eat. ( She was always a picky eater so I do believe that happened ). she also said he molested her. That one hurt. She was very young then, maybe about 6-8 years old. Hind site being 20-20 I remember her acting odd when we were camping. Knowing now that she was sexualized it makes sense. I told her I was molested too, and in some ways I acted out like she did-but just the opposite way. She choses to throw up and I chose to eat-to build a wall of fat to protect me by keeping men away. Control, always about trying to control the uncontrollable. I shared some recovery tips about that and we talked about our mom’s. I told her I have come to accept that parents aren’t perfect and they do make mistakes. I accept she did the best she could do. The storys I could tell about my ex sister in law – well- she has issues, no doubt about that.
bettie
