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Originally Posted by Enchanted_Stevi
I am actually in this thing at school which 3 of my freinds r in with me and we talk about our parents drinking and doing drugs...it helps me cope
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I am really glad you have that group, and I am glad to hear that you have some other adult support, including Niki.
I wanted to quickly respond to
dreamongypsydkm
's post to say that I can check off some of the horribles listed,and some not listed like many other Ledgies, and just like so many adults, (alcoholic parent, watching a parent try to kill the other, date rape, and on) and I
do count the house foreclosure as traumatic and difficult. I don't even think I could rate awful events as being more or less horrible, what can be the most difficult is the cumulative effect of these events. Some people are more resilient, and better equipped for adversity than others.
It is hard to have perspective when you are in the spin cycle, and I often find myself wishing now that I could go back and tell me teenage self about all of the amazing adventures I would have in life, and that there would be more "bad luck" and but also a lot of good and so many opportunities. And, I wish I could have known how much control and power I already had over my own life.
Sorceror386 brought up an important point: watch out for the negative loop that can happen when you feel overwhelmed, and keep talking to your friends and advisors! This is a great time to plan where you want to be in a few years and make it happen.