A Tender Topic at Any Time

With the Christmas Season upon us, we enter into a time where family gathers to commune and celebrate, and then many or most of us get very introspective and thoughtful to prepare for The New Year.
 
So, this is a tender topic to bring up at any time, especially at Christmastime.  The topic is abortion.
 
I deeply apologise to anyone who might view it as insensitive of me to write about this – now, or at any time of year. 
 
However, what I have come to realize (as being even more insensitive than my writing about “it”), is that there is a body of evidence that PASS, Post-Abortion Stress Syndrome, (akin to PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is very real and it is very painful.
 
What has saddened me is that PASS is under-recognized, under-diagnosed and under-treated.
 
PASS can bring an aftermath of issues to a person’s life – most especially to women. (Men suffer as well, but not the same way women do.)
 
I suffered, and had unknowingly done so for several decades. Holidays were especially difficult for me to navigate through.
  
So, here is my number one New Year’s Resolution.  I am going to make it my purpose and mission to shed light on this topic and reach out to others to let them know that their feelings are real and valid and recognized.
 
I also want people to know that there is a path to healing from post-abortion stress syndrome.  I know this, because I found it. And I’m going to share my path and my process in the early part of the New Year.
 
If, as you read this, you are offended… again - I am sorry.  You can unsubscribe from my newsletter, my Blog and unfriend, unfollow and unlike me.  I will respect your decison.
 
As for me, I will wish you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2018!
 
Love and blessings… Janet