Originally posted by: Monstuholic
Since you work with people who have gone through such traumatising situations in life, how long would you say it takes generally for a person to take counselling and get back to seemingly normal life?
Ermm.. Probably I am not the right person to answer that question.
As I had said before, I had the opportunity of working for such children as a part of my sociology curriculum. The work spanned for 13 weeks. As student volunteers, our duty was to listen to them as friends who they could open up to. I am not a counsellor.
Whatever brief period I got to work for them was the most painful yet the most rewarding period of my life. From whatever little I have seen, getting back to normal life after being subject to the most inhuman atrocities depends upon various factors. Family support, good medical treatment, positive attitude, society and community support play the most important roles in recovery. A victim's will to survive, hence, fight the battle, however, is the most crucial factor determining the magnitude and pace of recovery..
There was this girl who was sold by a human trafficker (who in turn was sold to the trafficker by her own uncle) to a brothel at the age of 10. She was pregnant at the time she was rescued at the age of 15. She was doing well with all the counseling and support but when her family refused to take her back, she fell back into the pit and never recovered. She committed suicide later on. Again there was an 8 year old boy who was exploited by his own grandfather. The boy refused to go back to the family. Then there was a rape victim who had a very supportive family but the society was cruel. She told me once that the trauma of secondary victimization was much painful than the trauma of getting molested. Her family decided to change place and now she is doing well for herself. There are so many such incidents to narrate but I'd stop for now.
So, my experience says counselling does just as much. Family support is the factor that determines the extent and pace of attaining normalcy after any trauma, second to the victim's willpower to recuperate.
Edited by bashful_moon - 2 years ago
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