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Originally posted by BrownEyedGirl
I can see where you're coming from, but I definitely disagree. Her family seems very active, supportive, concerned, and loving - I'm sure they will be monitoring and helping her every step of the way to recover from this ordeal. Unfortunately, children are abused daily in this country and there are plenty of experts trained to help Elizabeth and others like her make the very best of her situation and emerge a healthy young adult. I'm not saying this whole time will leave her unscathed, but she is alive, aware, and no doubt thrilled to be with her family - in my mind that's a happy ending from a horrible chapter in her life.
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Before anybody gets too riled up, I want to point out that I said it might have been "easier" had she not been found, not "better." This is definitely a happy thing for the family and obviously they're thrilled to have her back regardless of what happened to her. That said, a supportive family is simply not enough to help someone in this sort of situation. I have friends who have been raped and despite supportive families, friends, and boyfriends and lots of professional help, they still deal with the ramifications of this every single day, and a lot of them do suffer from depression, eating disorders and the other aforementioned issues; some of them self-injure and have attempted suicide. And that's one rape, not nine months of what could possibly be near-daily sexual abuse. And this girl is still fairly young, too, which can be even more damaging.
I'm not denying that her family shouldn't be happy to have her back -- I'm sure they are, and they should be! I just wanted to point out that unfortunately, they might not have even faced the hardest parts of their ordeal yet.