Yeah. Remember how I cut my hands to shreds when I tried to escape? He used that. He would squeeze my hand so hard every time I wasn't cooperating. One time he kneeled on it for so long and my other hand was tied so I couldn't get him off of me and I passed out and then he was so annoyed he elbowed me in my broken ribs. I've never been tortured before, you know? I can see how it works in interrogations because I would have told him anything.
You can't do that. You can't beat yourself up. Zoe. I am alive because of you. I know you well enough to know you were trying as hard as you could.
Yep, just snorted and my nose tube whistled. My life is such a joy right now.
When he was keeping me in that trunk I uhm- Well I'd been in there for well over twelve hours, so you can figure out- Whatever, I needed a shower. And he zip tied me in there and he hadn't even really touched me yet but he was washing me and I was so upset that I turned around and kicked him. He turned the water on cold and full blast and at first it was kind of okay because I hadn't had a drink in like...almost two days and I was so thirsty so I just drank a shittonne of water but then it was so cold and I didn't know cold could hurt so much. Like when you first jump into a chilly lake or the ocean only it doesn't get better, it gets worse. And I was there for so long I could feel my body stopping. Is that weird? The shivering got so bad I was hurting myself, and I kept biting my tongue because my teeth were chattering and then even that was stopping and fucking Greg left me there for like...an hour until I begged him to come help me. And then he had the audacity to make it somehow my fault.
And I thought all that was bad, but it's still happening and it's shit.
Sorry. Sorry I'm dumping this all on you. And sorry Rachel and Cai have to see it too.
I know it's not still happening for real, but the pain is still happening, and the torture did happen and I can't change that. I'm going to have to live the rest of my life knowing what it feels like to be tortured and that's fucked up. And it's new because when I was younger all he needed were threats and I didn't fight at all. This time I fought and that's what it got me. And sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't have just given in sooner because once I finally did that it hurt less. And logically I know that fighting was good, but...god.
Captive Danny's gone sure, but Tortured Danny's still there, kinda lurking and freaking out every time someone I don't know tries to reach for my hand, or any time I even look at a shower (don't worry, I am still taking them because Tortured Danny is better than Tortured and Smelly Danny).
Maybe I shouldn't talk about this here but- It's helping? So. Yay? I mean it's helping me, but if you need me to shut up, I can.
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Date: 2014-09-15 12:04 pm (UTC)You can't do that. You can't beat yourself up. Zoe. I am alive because of you. I know you well enough to know you were trying as hard as you could.
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Date: 2014-09-15 12:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-15 12:16 pm (UTC)When he was keeping me in that trunk I uhm- Well I'd been in there for well over twelve hours, so you can figure out- Whatever, I needed a shower. And he zip tied me in there and he hadn't even really touched me yet but he was washing me and I was so upset that I turned around and kicked him. He turned the water on cold and full blast and at first it was kind of okay because I hadn't had a drink in like...almost two days and I was so thirsty so I just drank a shittonne of water but then it was so cold and I didn't know cold could hurt so much. Like when you first jump into a chilly lake or the ocean only it doesn't get better, it gets worse. And I was there for so long I could feel my body stopping. Is that weird? The shivering got so bad I was hurting myself, and I kept biting my tongue because my teeth were chattering and then even that was stopping and fucking Greg left me there for like...an hour until I begged him to come help me. And then he had the audacity to make it somehow my fault.
And I thought all that was bad, but it's still happening and it's shit.
Sorry. Sorry I'm dumping this all on you. And sorry Rachel and Cai have to see it too.
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Date: 2014-09-15 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-15 01:21 pm (UTC)Captive Danny's gone sure, but Tortured Danny's still there, kinda lurking and freaking out every time someone I don't know tries to reach for my hand, or any time I even look at a shower (don't worry, I am still taking them because Tortured Danny is better than Tortured and Smelly Danny).
Maybe I shouldn't talk about this here but- It's helping? So. Yay? I mean it's helping me, but if you need me to shut up, I can.
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Date: 2014-09-16 10:32 am (UTC)Talking Danny is okay too. Listening Zoe is pleased it is helping.
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Date: 2014-09-16 10:34 am (UTC)No, it's- It's okay. I'll talk to Abby like I'm supposed to.
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Date: 2014-09-16 10:42 am (UTC)WHOOPSIE
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