Actually, those are my words. I think they came from some place very deep in me and blurbled out at the words of your therapist.

If they help you in anyway, then I am very grateful for the blurble. I'm continually surprised by what's in there.

I think one of the long term effects of trauma and powerlessness is that we lose our sense of entitlement. I think it's one of the most insidious effects as well. It's like we get dispersed or something. It's hard to consolidate again.

I mean, I'm not talking about "I'm entitled to that fuzzy purse with a toy dog in it" -

I'm talking about the basic entitlements owed us because we are human beings. Respect (for where we are in our healing), responsiveness to our needs when we have them, and, well, kindness, love, sorrow, patience, joy and peace. All of these we get to have.

Alright, I'm working myself up into the "shut the hell up" thing again. Contamination....