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Sometimes you can look at your past through someone else's present expirences and see every little mistake you've made. At this point you potentially walk a fine line, to help that person through their hard times yet not relive your misfortunes. What may make it more difficult is that you have the chance of falling into their situation far greater than if you had not expirenced a similar thing.
I am at that crossroad right now. A person that I deeply care about, more so than many people that I know, is currently going though something that I not only went through a few years back, but also something that I helped a friend through almost a year ago. I can't stop my emotions, but I not only have to keep my personal emotions for this person in check (partly to not hurt them or myself, which would be very easy) but also the feelings against the type of people who have caused this person, myself and countless others pain like this.
Another delicate aspect of this situation is the position of truth. It can be very hard to speak the truth, even when it is what is needed, because of the pain that such truths may cause. However, it is better to hear the bitter truth from a friend early on than to wallow in false hopes and Naïveté before comeing to that stark realization on your own after your refusal to see the world as it really is causes you deeper pains.
In the end I know not what will be. I have only my hope that I can protect someone I care for from a negative outlook on life that some leave these situations with.
I am at that crossroad right now. A person that I deeply care about, more so than many people that I know, is currently going though something that I not only went through a few years back, but also something that I helped a friend through almost a year ago. I can't stop my emotions, but I not only have to keep my personal emotions for this person in check (partly to not hurt them or myself, which would be very easy) but also the feelings against the type of people who have caused this person, myself and countless others pain like this.
Another delicate aspect of this situation is the position of truth. It can be very hard to speak the truth, even when it is what is needed, because of the pain that such truths may cause. However, it is better to hear the bitter truth from a friend early on than to wallow in false hopes and Naïveté before comeing to that stark realization on your own after your refusal to see the world as it really is causes you deeper pains.
In the end I know not what will be. I have only my hope that I can protect someone I care for from a negative outlook on life that some leave these situations with.