# Therapy letter assignment **URL:** \ **Category:** Health and Recovery\ **Created:** [June 20, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/therapy-letter-assignment/6382 "2026-06-20T11:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hanna\_Foxx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/hanna_foxx/32/1135_2.png) [@Hanna\_Foxx](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Hanna_Foxx)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/therapy-letter-assignment/6382/1 "2026-06-20T11:03:12Z")
My therapist asked me to write a letter to my abuser as a teenager. I really like how this turned out. This was super hard to write Dear Jean, I need to talk about the part of you that I loved. You were kind to me when my parents ceased contact. Comforting when everyone around me said I was just being dramatic. You showed me compassion and offered companionship around our common interest in horses. Those parts of you made it so easy for me to trust you. For a long time, I held onto those memories because they felt safe. I wanted to believe that the person who listened to me, encouraged me, and made me feel seen was the real you. I wanted to believe that the kindness was separate from what happened later. But I can no longer separate those things. The same person who comforted me was the person who violated my trust. The same person who made me feel safe was the person who took advantage of my vulnerability. The same person I looked up to was the person who hurt me. For years, I have carried the image of the “good” Jean alongside the reality of what you did. I defended that image because losing it felt like losing one of the few sources of comfort I had during one of the hardest times in my life. But holding onto that version of you has kept me trapped in confusion. It has made me question my own memories, my own pain, and my own right to be angry. So this is my goodbye. Goodbye to the person I thought would protect me. Goodbye to the person I thought I could trust. Goodbye to the hope that the kindness somehow erased the harm. I can appreciate that you showed me moments of comfort while also recognizing that what you did was wrong. Both things can be true. But from now on, I choose to stop carrying responsibility for reconciling those contradictions. The child I was deserved kindness without a cost. She deserved safety without manipulation. She deserved an adult who would protect her, not one who would use her trust against her. I am no longer holding onto the version of you that kept me from seeing what happened clearly. Goodbye ---
**Author:** ![Lilyofthevalley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/lilyofthevalley/32/52_2.png) [@Lilyofthevalley](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lilyofthevalley)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/therapy-letter-assignment/6382/2 "2026-06-20T16:08:54Z")
Great letter! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/zoe/32/7475_2.png) [@Zoe](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/therapy-letter-assignment/6382/3 "2026-06-20T16:49:08Z")
Very good letter clear and to the point ---
**Author:** ![Vinegar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/vinegar/32/178_2.png) [@Vinegar](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Vinegar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/therapy-letter-assignment/6382/4 "2026-06-20T19:54:08Z")
That was a very good letter. I hope it helps you work through your issues and heal. ---
**Author:** ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/therapy-letter-assignment/6382/5 "2026-07-15T15:39:38Z")