Well TLAW and Krissy, I can see that we all are on the same wave.
I'm an QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional). I do intensive in-home counseling with youths (5-17 years---males and females) who are SEVERELY at-risk for out-of-home placement. So, I KNOW how CHALLENGING these kids can be...ESPECIALLY the teen-aged girls. I deal with this stuff EVERY DAY. You can't tell them ANYTHING. The majority of them are very resistent to ANY authority and/or adult direction. MANY times I have had to "remove" myself from situations that would have made me FORGET that I am an ADULT and a PROFESSIONAL.
Since this stuff with R. (I mean, Rra) Kelly has developed, I have had time to read different articles about this and now the interviews. This is my professional OPINION, based on what I know to date (of course, I would haveto talk with him). But this is my opinion THUS FAR:
THIS MAN WAS ABUSED (SEXUALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, AND POSSIBLY PHYSICALLY) AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN HIS LIFE. In conjunction with that, he has issues with loss and death (his best friend was killed and his mother died). All of the signs are there and maybe THOSE are the PROBLEMS that he keeps talking about. Now this is CERTAINLY NO EXCUSE whatsoever for what he's done. But it adds INSIGHT into a lot of stuff.
Now, I'm one who FIRMLY believes (and I try to DRILL this into my teen-aged clients) that if you're not willing to deal with some of the significant issues and traumas that occur in your CHILDHOOD, then you can bet all that you have that it will come out when you're an ADULT (ALONG WITH all of your issues as an adult). THAT can be overwhelming and thus will cause adults to use poor judgement and act immorally and irrationally. It's not to say that you will FORGET or be "cured" of those things. But you'll be better able to COPE and FUNCTION more effectively. (Just for the record, I believe the same thing has happened to Mike Tyson...that's why he acts like such a FOOL today).
Now on the SPIRITUAL SIDE, Rra Kelly is dealing with a DEMON that has plagued him since CHILDHOOD. Like I said before, he's a man that was RAISED IN THE WORD. So, he KNOWS what to do and what has to be done.
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