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Day 8: Has anything traumatic ever happened to me?
Hmm, so many to choose from... I could write about the obvious child abuse, contemplation of suicide, near-death experiences, divorce, death of father.
So, yes, I guess that answers the question. But, who hasn't experienced a traumatic event? My first childbirth felt pretty traumatic at the time, but that was mostly owing to the hospital staff reminding me of the helplessness I felt as an abused child.
I died once. That was a shocker. My father died. My childhood innocence died. I don't really like to use the word innocence, but I haven't decided on a better word.
Interesting that I interpret each traumatic event as a death of sorts. But I've never seen death as a terrible thing. It's also rebirth. In my case, too, all those deaths made me the person I am today, and I'm glad.
P.S. All those events are in my memoirs of a strange little girl.
unschoolinglifestyle.com: A traumatic event
saramcgrath.blogspot.com
