Saturday, June 18, 2011

I'm not damaged

One of my biggest fears is that somebody would reject me for my past. This year I have learned to make peace with my past, accept what happened and to move on. I now know being molested was not my fault. i am not damaged. I am not dirty. I am just as whole as before hand. But not everyone realizes that, some people think that the pedophiles actions was partially my fault, but it has nothing to do with me. Recently I went on a date with a guy and I shared a tiny part of my past. I didn't share about rape or cutting or anything like that. Just one detail cause he kept pushing for it and I gave in.  But once I told him he didn't want to hear it and started freaking out. He was upset that I had told him when he had asked me to share what I was hiding. I was actually quite hurt by his uneducated reaction. And it bothered me the whole date. When I got home, my amazing friends explained to me that if he cared about me he wouldn't see this as a flaw. The more I thought about it the more I realized they made sense. I have had guys who were angry about it, but not at me, at those who hurt me. That made sense. But it freaked this guy out. I guess he didn't understand it. And that ok. But I hope one day someone will.

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