I've learned that the people who haven't been there themselves really aren't going to understand what I'm trying to tell them, but to be very explicit: it isn't the things that were done to you that are hardest to live with afterwards. It's what you became and the things you did to survive, one way and another.
For the folks who have been there—you've got friends, you've got people who understand
even if you haven't met them.
It's not just you. You're not alone.
We're not alone.
Dave Drake
Chatham Country, NC