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Kim asked:
I am a 40-year old single mom of three children. I suffered incest and abuse as a child and did my best to block it from memory – until I learned that my family was also abusing my daughter when she was left in their care.
Now, I can’t sleep or eat – when I try to eat, I get sick to my stomach. I suffer attacks that last for about 20 minutes or so and feel like a combination heart attack and anxiety attack. I experience intense pain in my chest to the point that I can’t breathe. The pain moves into my back and I loose the use of my left arm for hours at a time and since the first attack, I have had minimal feeling in that arm and there is absolutely no feeling left in my elbow.
My doctor has predicted that my next one could be my last one. My counselor suggests that I find reading material to help myself. My children and I are extremely worried and scared now – I don’t know if I have time!
What can I do? How do I deal with this?
Kim
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Ally asked:
Please help! I am desperately looking for advice!
I am a mother, a grandmother AND a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of my father when I was about 6 or 7. My beautiful 38 year-old-daughter recently disclosed that my father sexually abused her when she was approximately 10 years old as well! Her disclosure triggered my memories, which had been suppressed all those years, but she doesn't believe that I did not remember - I'm having difficulty believing it myself!
She does not forgive me! She says I should not have placed her in harm's way and should have protected her better. He gained his access to her at a time when I needed to live with my parents during a difficult marriage break up.
What can I do or say to help her forgive me and allow me back in her life? I miss her and my grandson and this situation is causing me tremendous pain! I realize that nothing can be undone but is there any possible hope for forgiveness, reconnecting and moving forward from here?
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