I've been having a bit of a hard time with the news that has come about on the heels of the Weinstein abuses, and it just keeps getting worse for me. Here's why:
1. A few years ago, I remember reading Corey Feldman's take on the sexual abuse that was inflicted upon him and Corey Haim, but I didn't take it very seriously at the time. I'm not sure why I didn't, considering Feldman's dad was my acting manager for a couple of years when I was little and living in Southern California. Corey's now brought it again to the forefront following the news of Harvey Weinstein, and has said that one of the first to take advantage of him and the other Corey was someone who worked very closely with his dad.
2. Also a few years ago, I was flipping through the channels when I stumbled across The Man in the Moon, Reese Witherspoon's first movie. While watching, I realized that I knew a bunch of the scenes even though I had never seen the movie. Eventually I realized that I was one of the thousands of girls who auditioned for the role, and that I had been one of the last eliminated for it, which is why I knew so many scenes and lines. I had been called back three or four times. Now Reese Witherspoon has come out about her sexual abuse when she was about sixteen. Since I saw the movie, I've often said, jokingly, "Reese Witherspoon stole my life!" Now, however, I'm not as envious as I had been.
It's been kind of tough taking these experiences I had when I was young, and trying to figure out if I ever experienced any abuse, or even if I should try to. I've had various therapists over the years tell me they were suspicious that I might have been sexually abused as a child, and that I should try hypnotherapy to unravel it, which I have always begged off. I have some memories of my childhood, but they are spotty at best. Now, I'm thinking I might go for it. It'd be nice to muddle through it all, but I don't know if it might make my lifelong (diagnosed at eleven) chronic depression worse.
Here's a link to the movie's wiki:
The Man in the Moon
And Feldman talking about his experience:
http://nypost.com/2017/10/18/will-people...d-abusers/
Anybody have any thoughts?
1. A few years ago, I remember reading Corey Feldman's take on the sexual abuse that was inflicted upon him and Corey Haim, but I didn't take it very seriously at the time. I'm not sure why I didn't, considering Feldman's dad was my acting manager for a couple of years when I was little and living in Southern California. Corey's now brought it again to the forefront following the news of Harvey Weinstein, and has said that one of the first to take advantage of him and the other Corey was someone who worked very closely with his dad.
2. Also a few years ago, I was flipping through the channels when I stumbled across The Man in the Moon, Reese Witherspoon's first movie. While watching, I realized that I knew a bunch of the scenes even though I had never seen the movie. Eventually I realized that I was one of the thousands of girls who auditioned for the role, and that I had been one of the last eliminated for it, which is why I knew so many scenes and lines. I had been called back three or four times. Now Reese Witherspoon has come out about her sexual abuse when she was about sixteen. Since I saw the movie, I've often said, jokingly, "Reese Witherspoon stole my life!" Now, however, I'm not as envious as I had been.
It's been kind of tough taking these experiences I had when I was young, and trying to figure out if I ever experienced any abuse, or even if I should try to. I've had various therapists over the years tell me they were suspicious that I might have been sexually abused as a child, and that I should try hypnotherapy to unravel it, which I have always begged off. I have some memories of my childhood, but they are spotty at best. Now, I'm thinking I might go for it. It'd be nice to muddle through it all, but I don't know if it might make my lifelong (diagnosed at eleven) chronic depression worse.
Here's a link to the movie's wiki:
The Man in the Moon
And Feldman talking about his experience:
http://nypost.com/2017/10/18/will-people...d-abusers/
Anybody have any thoughts?
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
