r possible healing. I myself have never had any real traumatic experiences like war, rape etcetera. A strong point that is made by Allison on page 70, is that she is the only one who can tell the story of her life and what it means. But one thing I can say is that she dealt with it after a long struggle while the victim of the poem has not. Why? Because I think some people are emotionally more flexible and have more self-realization. Some people go are more emotionally stable and some are not. I am not comparing the two situations here, cause Allison might have not dealt with a situation like the baker. What I am saying is that if you take two individuals and put them in the same situation with the same emotional wounds, the outcome of the effect on their identities and the possible healing is probably very different. Healing emotionally from a death camp experience or sexual abuse takes time, a lot of self reflecting and talking or writing about it. In some cases people come to grips with it and some cases people don’t, like the baker. There are two or three things I know for sure; and one is that emotional wounds are dealt with in various ways. There is no right or wrong on how to deal with it. The other thing I know for sure is that this book has given me a new sight on emotional healing and its complexity. ...
