There have been a lot of cases of sexual assault in the news lately, and as a result I've been hearing a lot about ''closure". In most cases, its referred to in relation to whether or not an abuser can be charged with a crime.
Sadly, that's not an option for me, so the question becomes, can I still get "closure" if I cant watch my abuser be locked up for his crime?
I think I can.
Doing what I'm doing now, slowly healing, becoming stronger, getting support from my many friends, praying and writing and living my life.
That's my plan, at any rate.
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It's a good plan
Closure doesn't come to everyone in the same way, and like most things in life, we find it where we can.
Hugs,
Bree
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I agree
Dottie, I think that Breanna is right. The people who hurt us in some way do it because it makes them feel good when we suffer. If we cannot get some kind of justice done upon them, I think that the next best thing that we can do is to survive and do well in spite of them.
It might not feel as good as watching them be punished for what they did, but it can take away the hold they had upon you.
Closure is not about them, it is about you.
Closure is not about what happens to them. It is about what happens to you. If you can walk away from an issue, with you knowing you are doing so for the right reasons, without you looking back, then that is a form of closure.