Blog Update - Facing the Hard Truths: Accepting What Feels Impossible

[Jamie]

Facing the Hard Truths: Accepting What Feels Impossible

Some facts arrive in our lives like thunderclaps. Others creep in slowly, uninvited, unwelcome — then stay.

@Cocopop21 wrote:

“I really struggled to accept that my dad was a paedophile. It’s taken me the guts of 20 years to get my head round it and say it out loud.”

It’s a reality many survivors will recognize. The facts of abuse can be so devastating, so psychologically incompatible with love, safety or family, that our minds protect us by refusing to fully let them in. And when the abuser is a parent — someone tied to our identity, our early memories, our need for belonging — accepting the truth can feel like losing oxygen.

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[Cocopop21]

Thanks Jamie - another really well-written piece. I wish I'd read it 20 years ago, but I hope others will benefit from reading it - and despite being so much further down the line than I was even six months ago, there's advice in there that's still relevant and a good gentle reminder.

Thank you.