Midweek Gotta Share!
From PoSARC’s Survivor Series—A Not-to-be-missed addition!!!
Lili Bee interviews Amy, a young mother trying to be the best mother she can be, a survivor of her husband’s covert abuse, and a survivor of the treatment industry!
Amy uses the metaphor of house to describe discovery, the so-called recovery process, her own experience, and more. When your house has secret rooms that only he knows, that only he uses, but that are destabilizing the whole house and spreading mold all through it—why are you being confined to one room and told the big problem is how you keep that room!
The smartest thing she did was stay on the hard journey of getting help until she found a true traumatologist as her therapist. With qualified trauma care that was not derivative of his program, she was equipped and supported to heal and recover her best assets to protect herself and her children, and to identify and make the best decisions for their best interests.
She talks about how important it was for her to get away from the endless dark cloud of non-affirming and controlling dynamics in his behaviours and in his treatment practitioner. She shares how in living apart she was able to be fully present as a mother to her children, giving them all the energy he was siphoning off in a program that never addressed the concerns she had for herself and her children.
There are two parts to the video, and you can find them here:
Amy had attended a Sweetwater Retreat lead by Tania Rochelle of https://www.sweetwaterretreats.org/ in 2019. She was able to go back and work further with her traumatologist to understand her options better and use risk assessment in her decision-making. Here’s where you can find more info on Sweetwater’s next retreat April 30-May 3, 2020 in Florida! https://www.sweetwaterretreats.org/upcoming-retreats
Thank you Amy for sharing your survivor story so that other women can honor the value of their lives and make good decisions for their children. Thank you Lili Bee for creating and producing this series.