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<blockquote data-quote="Smithmom" data-source="post: 744077" data-attributes="member: 23371"><p>I've spent the night just trying to figure out how to convey the depth of my sadness. That is, how sad I find it that you think this way about yourself. Strength is not something you are born with. Its not like the color of your eyes. Its knowing who you are and defending that when someone challenges it. Its learned. How many abused women stay because they think they deserve it? They think so little of themselves that they agree when an abuser says they deserve to be abused. When your son "twists his words around" you agree. You believe that it's someone else's fault and take on the guilt and responsibility so he doesn't have to. Its not strength that would prevent someone from doing that to me. Its the absolute conviction that I know who I am and what I do and they are wrong. Its not strength that prevents me from being manipulated and used. Its knowledge. Maybe this is all just wording. I don't think so. I think its about my belief in me. That's what I find so sad. That you don't believe in you.</p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smithmom, post: 744077, member: 23371"] I've spent the night just trying to figure out how to convey the depth of my sadness. That is, how sad I find it that you think this way about yourself. Strength is not something you are born with. Its not like the color of your eyes. Its knowing who you are and defending that when someone challenges it. Its learned. How many abused women stay because they think they deserve it? They think so little of themselves that they agree when an abuser says they deserve to be abused. When your son "twists his words around" you agree. You believe that it's someone else's fault and take on the guilt and responsibility so he doesn't have to. Its not strength that would prevent someone from doing that to me. Its the absolute conviction that I know who I am and what I do and they are wrong. Its not strength that prevents me from being manipulated and used. Its knowledge. Maybe this is all just wording. I don't think so. I think its about my belief in me. That's what I find so sad. That you don't believe in you. . [/QUOTE]
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