Fanstory Group Hug
Reviews for one of my writings.50 total reviews
Comment from PoemsOfDD
I have been overseas and slightly preoccupied with life but am back now and wanted to pop in to see how you are going.
Thank you for your honesty and ability to share your life with me, with us with this post. You are on the right path - your path - to a better place. It is somewhere the abusive adults in your past life will not understand. You are a better person that has come out the other end. Narcissistic and psychologically unstable people do not know or accept they are in the wrong so they will never learn. But you have learned from their mistakes and misgivings. I am proud of you and your willingness to want to walk with your head held high.
reply by the author on 24-Feb-2023
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I have been overseas and slightly preoccupied with life but am back now and wanted to pop in to see how you are going.
Thank you for your honesty and ability to share your life with me, with us with this post. You are on the right path - your path - to a better place. It is somewhere the abusive adults in your past life will not understand. You are a better person that has come out the other end. Narcissistic and psychologically unstable people do not know or accept they are in the wrong so they will never learn. But you have learned from their mistakes and misgivings. I am proud of you and your willingness to want to walk with your head held high.
Comment Written 23-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 24-Feb-2023
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I am glad you are back! Thank you for your warm and kind words and awesome rating!
Comment from Sally Law
Thank goodness it is Sunday and I have. six-star rating to award you, Doug. This is wonderful to read and all the great advice within. I have you in my prayers always and thank you for mentioning my response on forgiveness . It was not as poetic as some, but true from my my own experience.
My father is the Heavenly Father, and He is my dad. My prayer is this: that someday very soon, you will say the same. I believe it will happen. :))
Sending you my best, and blessings to you always.
Sal XOs
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2023
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Thank goodness it is Sunday and I have. six-star rating to award you, Doug. This is wonderful to read and all the great advice within. I have you in my prayers always and thank you for mentioning my response on forgiveness . It was not as poetic as some, but true from my my own experience.
My father is the Heavenly Father, and He is my dad. My prayer is this: that someday very soon, you will say the same. I believe it will happen. :))
Sending you my best, and blessings to you always.
Sal XOs
Comment Written 12-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2023
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Thank you, Sally! For the awesome ratings, advice, and the prayers. You are awesome.
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Most welcome, my friend. My pleasure to read this and award a six. I dearly wish I had more than that to give.
Blessings,
Sal :))
Comment from LateBloomer
Hi Doug, this is a wonderful thank you and tribute to all the FS family members who wrote reviews from their heart and shared their experiences. I found so many of the reviews enlightening, especially:
forgiving someone is not the same as blessing them with all your undying love.
(Amen to that)
In Magnum PI Was My Dad, you asked, and the FS family certainly delivered. Lol, but true. FS is a wonderful family. They're always there, and they never let us down. Well done. Keep the blue waters flowing.
LateBloomer ~ Margaret
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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Hi Doug, this is a wonderful thank you and tribute to all the FS family members who wrote reviews from their heart and shared their experiences. I found so many of the reviews enlightening, especially:
forgiving someone is not the same as blessing them with all your undying love.
(Amen to that)
In Magnum PI Was My Dad, you asked, and the FS family certainly delivered. Lol, but true. FS is a wonderful family. They're always there, and they never let us down. Well done. Keep the blue waters flowing.
LateBloomer ~ Margaret
Comment Written 12-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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Thanks Margaret. This is an awesome group of people, of which you are part of, that showed such support. Thank you!
Comment from Mary Vigasin
I have been tied up with a family passing, and so sorry I missed your story. In reading this story and its presentation of how thankful you are that the Fanstory community came to you with compassion and advice.
In summarizing the advice you received, you not only show this legion of caring people but give advice to anyone who may be struggling with the same issue.
Best wishes
Mary
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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I have been tied up with a family passing, and so sorry I missed your story. In reading this story and its presentation of how thankful you are that the Fanstory community came to you with compassion and advice.
In summarizing the advice you received, you not only show this legion of caring people but give advice to anyone who may be struggling with the same issue.
Best wishes
Mary
Comment Written 12-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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Thanks Mary. So sorry for your family loss. I appreciate your review.
Comment from JanPerry
I apologise if my last review was too harsh. You see, i have never been a christian as you any many others are. I like the idea of God, however.
I have gone through immense therapy to understand my depressions and mood swings, and i assume others do the same. Since your worries are so deep, perhaps extensive therapy is the right thing to do. Discussing your stresses with a trained professional will be safer and more private than on Fanstory. Well done in admitting it.
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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I apologise if my last review was too harsh. You see, i have never been a christian as you any many others are. I like the idea of God, however.
I have gone through immense therapy to understand my depressions and mood swings, and i assume others do the same. Since your worries are so deep, perhaps extensive therapy is the right thing to do. Discussing your stresses with a trained professional will be safer and more private than on Fanstory. Well done in admitting it.
Comment Written 12-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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I think counseling is a great idea. Thanks. Still, I think you might have missed the point of my work. I am past the boohoo poor me stage, and believe me, my train stopped there for quite some time. This prompt and piece was about forgiveness. I chose to speak about my hang up with my father and my inability to get past it in relation to Christian guilt. I have received several responses (you can read them) about how the information provided to me will help others.
By the way, the only time I have ever seen the strangleholds of depression defeated were in the pews of a good church. It?s a monster. I hope you come out on top. Best of luck.
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I want to apologize for sharing the cat story. I am an honorable discharged marine and a retired federal agent and I still tear up when I think about what he did to that cat and other animals. I just wanted you to understand that the piece wasn?t about boo hoo or I would have put some of the really bad stuff. I think all six kids have issues now. One sister shakes constantly. One dumped all family. One can?t remember any of it and won?t discuss it. One ran away to Vegas and last we had heard she was a prostitute. Nobody has heard from her in twenty years. My brother is a hermit with zero friends. Thanks for the counseling advice. Again my apologies.
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I understand your father was a monster. Is he is alive? I suppose you never want to think about him again!
Comment from Regina Elliott
A healing for you, dear poet.
As another survivor of
child abuse, I can, as an
empath, understand and
sympathize with what you
went through. Peace be with
you. Blessings to you.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2023
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A healing for you, dear poet.
As another survivor of
child abuse, I can, as an
empath, understand and
sympathize with what you
went through. Peace be with
you. Blessings to you.
Comment Written 12-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2023
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Thank you for being so kind, Regina.
Comment from nomi338
Please know that forgiving is for your benefit. It in no way excuses or clears the offender from their guilt. The act of forgiveness is required by scripture. Again it only benefits you. The guilty must approach God on his own and try to make things right, if he does not, he will die with his guilt intact. You on the other hand are covered.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2023
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Please know that forgiving is for your benefit. It in no way excuses or clears the offender from their guilt. The act of forgiveness is required by scripture. Again it only benefits you. The guilty must approach God on his own and try to make things right, if he does not, he will die with his guilt intact. You on the other hand are covered.
Comment Written 12-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2023
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Great points, Sir. Thank you! I shall take this too heart.
Comment from jacquelyn popp
This was well written and well told. I also read your magnum pi was my dad, and it was a heartfelt story. Thank you for sharing all the advice that was given to help you forgive. I also was abused by my real father. I did forgive him, and he and I had a pretty decent realationship when I became an adult. You can forgive, but sometimes it's hard to forget. I also tried to understand why it happened, and that he had gotten counseling years ago. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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This was well written and well told. I also read your magnum pi was my dad, and it was a heartfelt story. Thank you for sharing all the advice that was given to help you forgive. I also was abused by my real father. I did forgive him, and he and I had a pretty decent realationship when I became an adult. You can forgive, but sometimes it's hard to forget. I also tried to understand why it happened, and that he had gotten counseling years ago. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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Thank you, Jacquelyn. I actually had your excellent response in the first draft, but then decided only to post the ones that I had permission to post.
I don?t thing forgetting is an option for me. Forgiving?. Well, I am on the right path.
Comment from Anne Johnston
Thank you, for all of the comments you shared on here. I am sure that we all want to be a help to others. I hope that all of the suggestions were of value to you and that you were able to find forgiveness in your heart for the one who had wronged you.
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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Thank you, for all of the comments you shared on here. I am sure that we all want to be a help to others. I hope that all of the suggestions were of value to you and that you were able to find forgiveness in your heart for the one who had wronged you.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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Thank you, Anne. You are such a sweetheart!
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You are very welcome
Comment from LJbutterfly
This is a pretty comprehensive review of the reviews you received for your post Magnum PI Was My Dad. This also shows how Fanstorians come together to support one of their own. This post demonstrates your heartfelt appreciation for the members here. Thank you for sharing advice given to help you forgive. It may also help others.
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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This is a pretty comprehensive review of the reviews you received for your post Magnum PI Was My Dad. This also shows how Fanstorians come together to support one of their own. This post demonstrates your heartfelt appreciation for the members here. Thank you for sharing advice given to help you forgive. It may also help others.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2023
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Thank you. There were some gems in the responses. I think sharing them was a good thing.
