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Follow Me Friend is the true story of a young woman dealing with the daily struggles of living with undiagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the healing power of the human-animal relationship, told through her experiences suffering the effects of childhood sexual abuse while having no conscious memory of the abuse itself.
For much of my life I thought I was crazy and with good reason. I had a dark secret; a secret so well hidden, I had no conscious recollection of it. What the mind chooses to forget, the body and spirit remember. As I grew from a child into adulthood, I became two very different people -- The happy, content and normal person I presented to the world; and the horrible, self-abusive, self-destructive person I was behind closed doors.
These two versions of me and the personas within me that controlled them were slowly destroying me. I fought fiercely to protect the world from my true self but I was loosing the battle. As I was about to give up entirely and succumb to the darkness, a light appeared in the form of a horse. She knew my secret, and she knew how to help me find my path to healing. This is our story...
These two versions of me and the personas within me that controlled them were slowly destroying me. I fought fiercely to protect the world from my true self but I was loosing the battle. As I was about to give up entirely and succumb to the darkness, a light appeared in the form of a horse. She knew my secret, and she knew how to help me find my path to healing. This is our story...
Cheryl Eriksen’s life has been an incredible journey - a journey that should happen to no one, especially a little girl. Yet through her writings and work with horses she becomes an incredible inspiration for so many who have sadly suffered a similar fate. This book is a must for anyone who has been abused, no matter what form - but especially the abuse that comes from that dim voice inside that says the act was somehow your fault, and you'll never amount to anything. Know that you are not alone. I commend Cheryl for her bravery and her amazing spirit. --Robin Hutton, New York Times best-selling author of Sgt. Reckless, America’s War Horse
