u/GiraffeElectronic836

Hello,

First and foremost I apologize for any mistakes I made while writing this post because English is not my native tongue.

I am Christian and studying both religions and psychology in college. What sparked my interest in Buddhism is that the Buddha was right about a lot of aspects, especially mental health wise. I don't want to simplify your religion as a simple guide to heal mental illness as I've read mindfulness and meditation has been Westernized in the current psychology movement but I understand that for you it's a way to reach Nirvana, let go of attachments and follow the Noble Eightfold Path.

Though I am really baffled on how a lot of renowned therapists are Buddhists. There's this healing tool they call Ideal Parent Figures and while I checked the credentials of the therapist who created the protocol, I saw he was Buddhist and deeply inspired by it.

Also mindfulness and meditation is taught in therapy for people struggling with BPD to help them be more aware of their emotions. There's a lot of interesting parallels, I could go on and on about it.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you what sparked my interest in Buddhism and I bought the entire Library of Wisdom and Compassion as a way to have a less Westernized point of view of the religion. I believe these books will help me in my journey as they are written for Westerners but seem to slowly develop into explaining Buddhism history and concepts more thoroughly.

I enjoyed the beginning of the first volume and I am eager to learn more. Would reading the Lamrim help me understand Tibetan Buddhism too or would you recommend it to a beginner?

Hello brothers and sisters,

I will keep the story short because I don't want to be recognized by my abuser but when I was a teenager I was groomed by a 40 year-old woman who pretended to care about me deeply. Today, she still works with teenagers. I feel awful about it because the statue of limitations has expired and when I pray to God I have flashbacks of the abuse and intrusive thoughts about how she is manipulating other teenagers freely and other professionals around her don't even notice it. Or pretend not to notice.

I decided to talk about it to my doctor for the first time because I can't stand doing nothing about the situation, even if I can't file a complaint anymore maybe he'll be able to do something. I wrote a letter to him, as telling my story out loud is too hard to do for me.

I've been having flashbacks for 7 days straight now. It stops my brain from thinking logically about the situation. Every flashbacks remind me of the severe emotional and psychological distress she caused me. I have a persistent stomach ache that won't go away from how much I am terrified of her hurting someone else the same way she did to me.

I ask you please, I need prayers to stop this monster from working with teenagers and kids. I am forever haunted by the abuse. I pray so hard she stops hurting others.