Hey Greg,
You're right. I completely agree that he is entitled to his opinion...so am I. That's all I was doing. I don't think I was (I hope I wasn't) overly harsh. I just took issue with being told that I needed to face reality. I've been facing reality for over 20 years now. I'm NOT trying to pick a fight. I respect his right to his opinion, don't agree with it, but respect his right to express it and I"m just asking for the same. I"ve tried very hard since I've been back on these boards to choose my postings carefully. I backed away for over a year because of all the anger that seemed to flow and I don't want to be a part of perpetuating that anger. If I truly offended "Anon" (and it does strike me as odd that these people who are so pro-program seem to always post anonymously) then I apologize...that was not my intent. As I stated before, it was the "facing reality" comment that got to me. I was just speaking with another survivor and she had a great point to make. There are, what, a couple of hundred people that look at these boards, a lot of whom post, but some who don't, and we're not going to agree on everything. I have no interst in getting into arguments with people over any of that. I have only posted a very few times since I've been back because of this. But....when I see someone that is, in MY opinion, telling us that what happened to us was brought on by ourselves or that we really needed it or whatever reason he comes up with as to why we needed to be there and is DEFENDING the abuse that happened, I take issue.
ANON - Once again, if you truly feel that your life was saved by the Seed, great for you......but PLEASE, don't belittle MY experience by telling me to face reality. I truly do wish you well in your life....I wish that for ALL survivors. I was telling this person that I was speaking with that all of this is kind of like "emotional vomiting" . It happened to me when I first found these sites a year and a half ago. All this anger, frustration, confusion has been pent up all these years and when I finally found someone or someplace that seemed to understand, everything came out at once. The rage, fear...all of it, sometimes in a constructive way, other times not so constructive.
Enough rambling...I hope ALL of us can find some peace finally. I think we've ALL earned it. :grin: