Comments on: Thankfulness http://www.childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/2008/11/28/thankfulness-4/ About a male survivor of childhood abuse, and the issues he faces in adult life. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:36:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4270 By: marj aka thriver http://www.childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/2008/11/28/thankfulness-4/comment-page-1/#comment-675 marj aka thriver Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:20:33 +0000 http://childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/?p=555#comment-675 I am definitely thankful for continued healing and growth. Thanks for the reminder, Mike. And thanks for letting us include this for the holiday edition of THE BLOG CARNIVAL AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. I continue to be quite thankful for your contributions to the carnival. I am definitely thankful for continued healing and growth. Thanks for the reminder, Mike. And thanks for letting us include this for the holiday edition of THE BLOG CARNIVAL AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. I continue to be quite thankful for your contributions to the carnival.

]]> By: Todd Seyler http://www.childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/2008/11/28/thankfulness-4/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Todd Seyler Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:18:52 +0000 http://childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/?p=555#comment-662 Hope is a stranger, most of the time. It is a term with a variety of meanings. On one hand, hope can be the guiding light that one utilizes to strive for something better. In my case, to pacify the demons that haunt me daily. On the other hand, hope seems to be always out of my grasp. Barely escaping my finger tips, hope seems elusive and something that I will never be able to fully commit too. Like you've said, being thankful for the blessings of today is reason enough to celebrate this Thanksgiving. I one day hope that I will be able to fully appreciate what my life has to offer rather than thinking about those parts of my life that have been stripped from me by my abusers. Thank you. www.eloquentbooks.com/ChildAbuseandItsLifetimeofDemons.html Hope is a stranger, most of the time. It is a term with a variety of meanings. On one hand, hope can be the guiding light that one utilizes to strive for something better. In my case, to pacify the demons that haunt me daily. On the other hand, hope seems to be always out of my grasp. Barely escaping my finger tips, hope seems elusive and something that I will never be able to fully commit too. Like you’ve said, being thankful for the blessings of today is reason enough to celebrate this Thanksgiving. I one day hope that I will be able to fully appreciate what my life has to offer rather than thinking about those parts of my life that have been stripped from me by my abusers. Thank you.

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]]> By: Linda Settles http://www.childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/2008/11/28/thankfulness-4/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Linda Settles Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:48:01 +0000 http://childabusesurvivor.net/wordpress/?p=555#comment-653 Thank you for your comment, Tom. I can identify with you, as can many of our readers. Enjoyment of the holidays is often bitter-sweet for survivors of abuse. I find it helpful to focus on the "reason for the season" and review recovery skills such as boundary setting, intentional thinking to counteract the old self-defeating thought patterns I developed during the years of abuse, and as you said, being thankful for the blessings that I have today. God bless you as you continue to grow, heal, and share your heart with others. Thank you for your comment, Tom. I can identify with you, as can many of our readers. Enjoyment of the holidays is often bitter-sweet for survivors of abuse. I find it helpful to focus on the “reason for the season” and review recovery skills such as boundary setting, intentional thinking to counteract the old self-defeating thought patterns I developed during the years of abuse, and as you said, being thankful for the blessings that I have today.

God bless you as you continue to grow, heal, and share your heart with others.

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