Mention of SA, Trafficking and Self harm
Hello so my SIL struggles with reading. Her mom didn’t keep her in school very long. She went through abuse her entire life. SA by her brothers, her mom’s bf and her mom selling her to men as a child. She’s finally away but suffers majorly with PTSD, severe anxiety, depression and anger. Along with self harm. And when she has an anxiety attack she literally hyperventilates worse than anyone I’ve ever met. I work in a mental hospital and working there has taught me that these mental health problems we have don’t just magically go away which is why I sought help. And she doesn’t want to keep taking medicine because she said it either doesn’t work or she doesn’t like how it makes her feel. I told her that medical stuff is a science so just because one med helps one doesn’t mean it will help another. That she has to try. She’s married to my brother and they have a son so I remind her how far she has come as well as that once they come to America things will be better.
I struggle with similar things she’s been through. Just, my mom never sold me to people but she had a bf that abused myself, mom and little brother in every way possible. So I understand A LOT of what she feels and goes through. But I also know that everyone processes things and reacts to things differently and at different times.
I’m trying to find an audio book that could possibly help her understand that none of this is her fault but that she CAN get through as well as to know that she’s not alone but also she’s now in control of her life and the only way these people will hurt her is if she lets them.
I live in the states and she lives in Australia so it makes it hard to always be there for her.
Thank you all in advance!!
by BotanicalNerd