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May. 20th, 2005 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Thanks, all for writing to me about emotional abuse and recovery. I've written all the replies I can think of, and I'd be grateful for some hugs and pats on the back. This has been pretty rough.
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Date: 2005-05-21 01:40 am (UTC)Knowing that your parents meant well may help you not want to take revenge, but it doesn't eliminate the harm they did.
(This is prompted in part by a discussion in
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Date: 2005-05-21 11:47 am (UTC)So far as Card is concerned, I eventually stopped reading him because the way I was fascinated by his character's being tortured creeped me out. I have some more rational disagreements (how could the high command in _Ender's Game_ possibly have thought that conning Ender into pushing the button would absolve them of anything?), but Card is the only author I've given up because I didn't like the way I was reacting to their writing.
As for the general point, people can't do better than they know, and how much they can be expected to know is a hard problem.
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Date: 2005-05-21 03:07 am (UTC)Dealing with abusive situations that don't fit standard definitions takes much courage and strength. I honor you.
If you are around for Balticon, and I suspect you will be, ping
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Date: 2005-05-21 11:28 am (UTC)You're being very brave.
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Date: 2005-05-21 11:35 am (UTC)When I was a kid, I believed "If we don't tell the truth, how will we get anywhere?" I try to hang onto that, even though being more aware of people than I used to be sometimes makes me more afraid of them.
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Date: 2005-05-21 11:54 am (UTC)You want to get together at RTM on Monday.
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