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Hanging On...

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Blackbird89

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I dated this guy Blake from January of 2007 graduation in 2007 until October of that year; our family's had known each other all our lives. He was pretty amazing. Rich, handsome, kind of an asshole. He had a twin brother. They got me into all sorts of drugs, money, partying and sexual insanity as a teenager. I actually did love Blake but something told me that his personality would end up as bad as his crazy psychopathic twin. When I broke up with Blake, he lost it; he'd be planning on asking me to marry him that Christmas.

My therapist had me write out with as much detail as I could remember what happened that night but here's the really condensed version.

I was drugged on my parents property (they weren't home and I was late getting home, out of town for Christmas) with a surgical paralytic, the kind that allows you to feel everything but you're unable to move and taken by car to somewhere several counties away from. Both brothers were high on meth when this happened. They tied me to the bed, beat me, raped me, both together and separately, forced more drugs, including several doses of heroin in me and left me along the side of the road near my parents home.

I went to the hospital without telling my parents what happened. It took over 4 years (thankfully) for the twin to be caught and sentenced. Blake shot himself 6 days later, presumably out of guilt or fear of being caught and his brother is spending the next 25 years in jail. There was a trial after I decided to seek mental health. I went through a series of sad excuses for mental health professionals before finding my personal Superman.

Here I am 8 years later, still plagued by it daily and in my sleep. No one I have ever met had understood and my therapist suggested I give this a try.
 
In my opinion, they got what they deserved for doing those things to you. And, even then, they got off too easy. Be glad you are away from those poisonous people. Use your experiences with them as a template for avoiding people like that from now on.
 
Thanks Whispering. I'll keep that in mind :)

Its always been hard, having been actually with one of them but I'm in a very safe relationship now and my husband is very supportive, but he's gone a lot for for work.
 
Today has been a very trying, emotional day and I can't get this song, "Back to December" out of my head. (I can't post a link, but here's the lyrics.)

I'm so glad you made time to see me.
How's life? Tell me how's your family?
I haven't seen them in a while.
You've been good, busier than ever,
We small talk, work and the weather,
Your guard is up and I know why.
Because the last time you saw me
Is still burned in the back of your mind.
You gave me roses and I left them there to die.

So this is me swallowing my pride,
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night,"
And I go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you.
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I go back to December all the time.

These days I haven't been sleeping,
Staying up, playing back myself leavin'.
When your birthday passed and I didn't call.
And I think about summer, all the beautiful times,
I watched you, laughing from the passenger side.
Realized I loved you in the fall.

And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was "Goodbye".

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night."
And I go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time.

I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile,
So good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night
The first time you ever saw me cry.

Maybe this is wishful thinking,
Probably mindless dreaming,
But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right.

I'd go back in time and change it but I can't.
So if the chain is on your door I understand.

But this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night."
And I go back to December...
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind.

I go back to December all the time.
All the time.


This song is basically how I feel about Blake. My husband doesn't know this but some part of me still loves Blake despite what he did to me and wonder what things would have been like if I hadn't left him. I feel extreme guilt over his death at times and I don't know if it's because I don't have a way to really mourn him.
 
Hi Blackbird89 I think you are very brave to press charges and get that psychopath off the streets. I hope he's getting the same treatment in jail. Blake is fully responsible for his fate. He put in motion the drug fueled hell he put you through. You don't owe him a frigging thing. I am glad you got some justice. There is a very good reason why rapist get 25 years to life in prison. Look at what you have to deal with. I don't know how you mourn something like that. Drugs have a way of romanticizing craziness. I got drugged and kidnapped and thankfully I escaped before who knows what he had in mind. This happened in London and I just ran away, falling over from being drugged and someone got me a cab. I just went back to my friends flat and never told anyone what happened because I blamed myself. I think society kind of gives women that belief, that we are the reason that men abuse us and poor them. f*ck that. Anyway, sorry to hijack your diary, I just have a lot of compassion for you and I wish I knew what we could do to make it go away. They say sharing a burden cuts it in half. I wish you well, I really do.
 
Therapy this week was really rough on me. We finally discussed details of what happened to me during the trial (things I wasn't aware of until the trial, due to the drugging and even some sick things stemming from the night I lost my virginity to the one of the twins I had dated) and everything that saw the light of day during it. It made me vomit and I think I completely stunned my therapist with the information and the breakdown.

I'm back on a high dose of Valium now, but it's still not helping. I cant sleep and the memory flooding and feelings of panic are overwhelming. I've felt like I'm being watched at night ( I know that's not happening, the apartment complex has cameras ). I know logically, that I'm safe. My husband is leaving until next Friday on Sunday morning.

I'm not sure what to do. I've been speaking via text with my therapist, but that only does so much.
 
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