[Day 196] Abuse Survivors [Action]
[The beach is beautiful at sunset and light has just begun to spread the colors all over the end of the dome, artificial though they may be. There are chairs and lounges set close together around a few umbrella tables with lemonade and teas and bowls of fruit salad and tea sandiwiches with long toothpicks for the group participants to sample. Everything is peaceful, quiet. But nothing yet hints at what the theme of this group might be.
Once it seems like everyone is settled in the sand or in a chair suddenly a sentinel turns on a stereo. After it completes sheets of paper with questions will be handed out to facilitate conversation. Participants will be told that talking and being involved in the discussion will end the session faster. If it ever seems like dialogue is dwindling, the sentinel will replay that track.]
1. Does the motivational speech make you feel empowered? 2. Do you often feel like your life is not in your control? How? 3. Are you someone who lets other people take advantage of them? 4. Describe a time when you were physically or emotionally harmed by someone you knew or by a stranger. 5. Have you ever fought back against someone who was bullying you? How? 6. Think of someone who has hurt you in the past. If you could see them now, what would you do? 7. Say three ways you have grown in the last year. 8. Have you every been hurt by someone and hurt someone else in turn to make yourself feel better? 9. Do you believe that people who hurt others are bad people or just people who are hurting themselves? 10. If you could speak to someone who was being abused by someone else, what would you say to them?
[OOC: This is the abuse survivors group therapy mingle. Feel free to wander into it since it is in such a public place. Threadjacking and talking over each other is encouraged.If there is anything wrong with this, please feel free to drop me a line on Miranda's HMD and I'll change it.}