When He Gets Out - Countdown Day 59 there was some success
Finally - some success. After what feels like a never ending nightmare, I finally got word that my abuser will not be released on extended supervision to live 6 blocks from where I live. Receiving that information was like having a dark cloud lifted . I knew I had been stressed out, but to what degree, that realization didn't happen until the news came. My shoulders finally relaxed. The fiery pain in my joints slowly ceased to be, the inflammation went down and I felt like I could sleep solid for a month. The worry I had been carrying in me for over a year, disappeared. Last night was the first time in a very long time that I didn't have a nightmare. It is hard to convey just exactly how I feel because even though for my personal situation I now get to experience the triumph of success, there is still a part of me that is irritated that because of lack of laws giving victims a voice during offender re-entry, I had to experience the mental torment of fear, triggeri