[lunalovegood]

Guysguysguysguysguys.

I appreciate all the advice & support you have given me, and it really means a lot to know my fellow sisters as well as GLOs are supporting me.

It is not my goal to make any skeptics believe me. I have presented my situation; take it as you will.

I have every possible professional resource at my disposal: counseling, psychiatry, support groups, hot-lines, the dean of students, the counseling center at school, the tutoring center at school, Internet support, books, pamphlets, worksheets. Some of this I didn't have before my hospitalization.

All of those things... don't replace friends, family, sisters. Sometimes I don't need to talk to a counselor; I need a hug from a friend. Or someone to take me out to Starbucks and chat with their day about me, or someone to watch a movie with me. I want to be able to listen to my sisters about their lives and their problems. I don't need them to know about the rape and my entire life story. I want to know how I can better reach out to them and be a normal, functioning, loving sister despite what I am currently going through.

I'm grateful for all the advice I've received; I'm just trying to better communicate my needs.