stella41b -> RE: Young submission and its consequences (8/9/2009 5:03:27 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark the.dark. Understood. You know I'm not a parent but I still hold the view that at least socially it's one of the most important and challenging roles anybody can take on. As for that line between submission and abuse all I can say is that in my own experience I had great difficulty for a number of years, not just as a teenager, working out the difference between submission and abuse. There were also times when I thought I was being vigilant for signs of abuse, and yet the abuse still happened. Other people saw what they saw, and what I was prepared to relate to them. It wasn't always the complete picture. And when it was pointed out to me I refused to accept it and made excuses as to why the viewpoint I was being presented with wasn't valid. You see this is the thing with therapy.. You can have the best therapist in the world, but until you the person start seeing the issues for what they really are and start making positive steps to either apply the advice or help and end the cycle, then no therapy is ever going to be of any use. I know. I have exasperated quite a few doctors, psychologists, and no doubt I'm exasperating my gender specialist at Charing Cross. In my case therapy didn't help, nor did BDSM (even though for some time I believed that it would) but what helped the most besides my learning was the support I received and am still receiving. But support takes time, it doesn't happen overnight, and you are left with what to do in the interim period. But central to all that support is my own efforts and applying my own knowledge and wisdom and putting it into action. Yes I do see people getting pissy and snarky, but I for one differentiate between the snark and pissiness coming out of good intentions and that which isn't. Maybe it isn't however pure malice or vindictiveness, maybe it's just that we're discussing an issue that is perhaps a little too close to home for comfort for some people out there and emotion and memories are clouding objective judgment. Coming back to parenting, arguably the most important role anyone can take on in society, but also one which, especially when dealing with teenagers, isn't the easiest and which leaves plenty of room for mistakes and errors, but suffice to say even though it's her daughter and she has feelings and emotions invested, she is still very much on the outside as the rest of us. But the thing is parenting does not come with a guarantee of success and while many succeed, in varying degrees some fail, just as some who are seen as failing maybe aren't failing but being true to their human nature are simply making mistakes. And the way I see it is that yes, we can see it, Prin can perhaps see it, but her daughter cannot. And until that time when she does see it and seek to make the changes for herself not much is going to change. As a parent all you can do is to prepare your kids for life, but their life will always be influenced by the choices and decisions they make and the consequences as a result.
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