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:trigger:/> I feel like survivors just have chips like AA people. I know that sounds stupid and most people think if your getting chips for anytihng it's a bad thing. However, I feel like sometimes that would be good to say wow I am on my 2,3,4, or 10th year of no abuse in my life. I think you could even brake it down to 15 years of no physical abuse, 3 years of no sexual abuse, 4 years of no emotional abuse, or whatever it might be. I am one that I look back and I say wow it's been 2 years without any sexual abuse, it's been 4 days without any emotional abuse, and it's been 9 years without any physical abuse. It blows my mind and I feel like it's something to celebrate ans say this is how I am doing. I am surviving and another years has gone by without abuse. I really feel like something like a chip would be good. Just my thoughts I know it sounds dumb sorry.
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Stupid Idea from me.
on Sep 11 2011 03:54 PM
I had a friend come up to me and ask how long it's been I sometimes it's hard for me to think about (even more so when in public) I am not so open about my past in a public setting as I bet a lot of us are not. That is kind of what triggered the chip idea as well. I used to run races as a kid and getting the metal at the end felt great but what felt even better was knowing I had completed a race. I feel like being a survivor is the same. You are on the race of a lifetime and sometimes people (myself included) need to feel like they have completed some part of something. I am not trying to be selfish or greedy but sometimes it's hard to stay strong. Sometimes it's hard to say "I can't go back to so and so because he was abusive." This is a long and rough road we are all on and sometimes I feel I forget that, and it's not something I want just forget entirely. Here in the state I live in we don't have support groups for younger victims, I know I don't have a support system either so I think so times it would be nice to think that I could go to a survivor meeting and take away something like a chip. It is more about what it represents than the thing itself if that makes sense.