Well sure. Most people snap out of it either gradually or suddenly. You don't stay under the deception forever. But, as with any of life's experiences, you learned things that have to impact the way you view the world. For example, I learned that my dad could become convinced by some slippery little con man that I had been carrying on a secret double life as a violence prone coke head. I could have done without knowing that for a few years longer. I envy people who never have to find out that they can, under some circumstances, lose their parents protection.
Dad and I talked this stuff through a long time ago and repaired our relationship very well, thank you. We both learned something from it. I'll never forget some of the things I learned in the Program about parent child relationships and I'll never regain that total trust nor will I ever expect it from my kids. I'll always have to check myself and be very careful w/ these very fragile and vitally important relationships in my life. I'll never take them for granted like I did as a kid or as my parents did.
So, it was a bad thing that happened. A really devastating thing, really painful, really scaring. But, not only did I get over it pretty quickly, I got something of value out of it.
No, I'll never be who I would have been had things been different. But I do own my life again.
Is that what you're asking?
"The FARC is part of the history of Colombia and a historical phenomenon", (President Pastrana) says, "and they must be treated as Colombians". ... They come and ask for bread [aid from Washington], and you give them stones.
Robert White is a former American ambassador to Paraguay and El Salvador, and former No. 2 man with the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, is president of the Centre for International Policy in Washington D.C.
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