I've wondered many times during my healing and recovery process why it is that some of us are totally destroyed by our life experiences while others are not ...

I mean I know I'm not the only one who grew up in a home where I was raped, beaten and verbally/emotionally brutalized on a regular basis ... It eventually led to a total mental collapse for me ... And, even though I feel I'm healing and recovering remarkably well ... I feel as if I've missed out on some things and it leaves me wondering ...

I know on an intellectual level that I'm capable of a lot more in life, but emotionally I'm unable to hold up under the stresses of life to actually achieve too much of anything ...

It always amazes me when I run across people in life who have experienced similar experiences and upbringings and instead of being totally undone by it, they've gone on to become successful doctors, lawyers, business owners, artists, musicians, scientists, writers, leaders, teachers, etc. ...

It's not that they have been unphased by what they went through early on in life, it's just that somehow they were able to bounce back from it better ...

Has anyone else ever wondered how and why this is ... ? ... Any clues or suggestions as to why some of us "survivors" were/are able to keep it together while others among us have totally fallen apart ... ?

Thanks!

Sincerely,
BrokenCloud