by Hayden
An Excerpt from Dear Society
Whose right is it to subject those under their power to abuse with the sole purpose of establishing dominance? Fathers? De nitely not. Sadly, this occurs often in our broken world. Abuse is a dif cult yoke to bear. It festers into an obscene picture, often hidden by its perpetrator. If left unhandled, trauma from abuse can cause people to treat their past as a curse. They may nd themselves unable to function without blaming their upbringing as an excuse for failure. Being a stubborn person, I’d rather use my past as a reason to break the cycle than as an excuse to fail. I would rather separate myself from the insanity then let it fester. This is exactly what I did. It took several tries. This chapter of my life is about my rst failed attempt. I tried to bite the bullet, and accept my broken position in a broken childhood. I was completely passive. This, I later learned, was a huge mistake. This opened the door for more trauma to enter my life.
To this day, I wish I had said something when I had the chance. But the past is nal, right? My past is a reason to succeed, not an excuse to fail.