"Merci pour votre lettre, écrite manifestement depuis votre profonde expérience.Vous écrivez:
"La dépression et l'anxiété sont les conséquences de réaliser que mes rêves grandioses ne vont pas devenir réalité. Mais les sentiments d'impuissance, de dévalorisation, de culpabilité et de ne pas avoir d'espoir sont les sentiments d'un enfant abusé. Je refuse de m'en tenir à ces sentiments. Ils étaient réels, ils étaient les sentiments que n'importe quel enfant humain aurait eu étant tenu en captivité par des adultes cruels. Mais je ne vais pas les avoir maintenant, ils me tueront, et je ne vais pas les laisser faire. J'étais né avec de l'amour pour moi même et les autres et je ne vais pas l'abandonner. J'ai remarqué que les "stars" qui achèvent leur rêve de célébrités et de fortune sont souvent malheureuses, addictées à la drogue, alcooliques, etc. Le succès populaire ne conduit pas au bonheur. De combien d'exemples avons nous besoin ?"
Vous avez absolument raison, spécialement quand vous écrivez que nous sommes nés avec la capacité de nous aimer et d'avoir de l'espoir. Cette capacité à été souvent endommagée par des parents abusifs, mais nous pouvons la regagner. Je suis totalement d'accord: Le succès populaire est une illusion de bonheur, souvent payée avec notre vie et ça ne nous nourrit pas. A la place, l'amour pour l'enfant que nous étions nous donne la connaissance de qui nous sommes et de quoi nous avons actuellement vraiment besoin pour devenir assez fort pour subvenir à ces besoins. De cette façon nous maintenons l'espoir. L'auteur de la lettre que vous mentionnez ne se sentait pas à l'aise de voir ce texte publié et nous a demandé d'enlever ce courrier ce cette page. Nous devions respecter sa volonté, bien sur, et nous avons enlevé ce courrier."
Version Originale:
"AM: Thank you so much for your letter, written obviously out of your own profound experience. You write:
“The depression and anxiety are the consequences of realizing my grandiose dreams won't come true. But the feelings of powerlessness, worthlessness, guilt, and hopelessness are the feelings of an abused child.
I refuse to hold onto those feelings. They were real, those were the feelings any human child would have when held captive by cruel adults. But I won't have them now, they will kill me, and I won't let them. I was born with love for myself and others and I won't abandon it.
I've noticed that grandiose people who achieve their goals of fame and fortune are often unhappy, drug addicts, alcoholics, etc. Public success does not lead to happiness. How many examples do we need?”
You are so right, especially when you say that we are born with the ability to love ourselves and to have hope. This ability was so often damaged in us by abusing parents, but we can regain it. I fully agree: The public success is an illusion of happiness, paid often with our health, and it doesn't nurture us. Instead, the love for the tormented child we once were gives us the knowledge of who we are and what we actually, really, need so we become strong enough to fulfill these needs. In this way we maintain hope.
The author of the letter you mentioned did not feel comfortable seeing his text published and asked us to remove his letter from this page. We had to respect his wish, of course, and removed his letter."
I refuse to hold onto those feelings. They were real, those were the feelings any human child would have when held captive by cruel adults. But I won't have them now, they will kill me, and I won't let them. I was born with love for myself and others and I won't abandon it.
I've noticed that grandiose people who achieve their goals of fame and fortune are often unhappy, drug addicts, alcoholics, etc. Public success does not lead to happiness. How many examples do we need?”
You are so right, especially when you say that we are born with the ability to love ourselves and to have hope. This ability was so often damaged in us by abusing parents, but we can regain it. I fully agree: The public success is an illusion of happiness, paid often with our health, and it doesn't nurture us. Instead, the love for the tormented child we once were gives us the knowledge of who we are and what we actually, really, need so we become strong enough to fulfill these needs. In this way we maintain hope.
The author of the letter you mentioned did not feel comfortable seeing his text published and asked us to remove his letter from this page. We had to respect his wish, of course, and removed his letter."