On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:09:57 -0700 Quinn Tyler Jackson 
writes:

> How is it that nameless, faceless people can do to me what those 
> with
> faces haven't been able to do? How can a vapor shake me, when those

because they ARE faceless, so you have no recourse....

> who spat on me and kicked me in person never broke my resolve? I am 
> a
> somewhat of a loss ... which is why I am telling you what I've been
> going through. Is this just something EVERY published writer must
> endure? Have I failed the entrance exam?

I don't know if it's something every published writer must endure, or
even most.
But, if it helps, what you're feeling is natural ... I surely would feel
it in your place.
Time and distance sometimes heals such things -- e.g. after HAVING to
drive that stretch of road again, the feeling that the car will break
down just there eventually fades (but ghosts seem to linger). 

Sometimes it requires actual Counselling, with a skilled professional
(and how do we find one of those?)

And you HAVE been violated, emotionally mugged, as it were. I understand
your reticence at comparing yourself to someone who has experienced it
physically, but that which happens to our minds is no less real, and
harder, often, to heal.

Wish there were an easy cure.
Wish I had something more useful to offer....

know, here, you're among friends.

=hugs=

-B
 


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