Dear Helcat:

You are welcome. I am fine today, thank you, busy.

“In attempting to help someone else you can certainly drown” -yes, and for no good reason when the person you attempt to help is drowning too and would drown whether you try to help him/ her, or not.

“Perhaps this is something that could not be achieved while abuse is ongoing?” – you cannot heal from abuse when abuse is still ongoing or is likely to re-occur at any time. The cessation of abuse is the beginning of healing… only the beginning, sadly.

anita