When I was younger. We had been learning about witch trials in class and so my friends and I decided to conduct our own witch trials. We found a girl in her class and said that she was a witch. She got upset and denied it. So we held an impromptu trial for her and all of the year joined in. We found the girl guilty and I remember saying that ‘just as Exodus 22:18 says, “thou shalt not suffer a witch to live”’. As punishment for being a witch, we had the girl trash canned. The trash can had a locking mechanism, so we locked her inside. When she was found a long time later, the girl was hysterical and really upset, crying and distraught. She left the school and we did not see her until
I am now a Freshman at College and who of all people should I recognise but that girl. She has not seen me yet. Do you think that if and when she does that she will foolishly attempt revenge? Or can she put the past behind her and move on just as I have done?
To answer the original question, I think it depends on whether the victim came away with full-blown PTSD or just a selection of psychiatric disorders from the PTSD spectrum.
Assuming for a second that this is a serious thread, I think your question should be “Why didn’t she press charges?”"
And “Will she choose to now?”
And “How on earth can I look myself in the mirror every day?”
And “How on earth can I pretend, even to strangers, that there was anything for me to ‘move on’ from?”
And “How would I react if I were her brother?? Or her father?”
And “Why haven’t I yet sought treatment for whatever on earth is wrong with my value system?”
And “How is it that the only part of the Bible that I seem to know is one that I could twist into something cruel?? How did I miss all the stuff about how I should treat people?”
And “How can I spend the rest of my life making it up to this poor girl that I willingly terrorized?”
And “What does my choice of friends say about me, since apparently I was part of a gang of thugs?”
I’m waiting for a new thread from NotAWitch reporting that she has seen her tormentor on campus and asking if it’s best to alert the local authorities, go to the university police or file a tort claim against OP. I would advise her to do all 3.
She’s going to carry a trash can around campus until the administration gets rid of her tormentor.
You know where to find her. You have not begged for forgiveness as you know you should. You have moved on trying to avoid punishment or discomfort. Pathetic and sinful!
Wouldn’t blame her. You don’t seem remorseful, or else I’d suggest you apologize to her, but I think its better if you stay as far away from her as possible, and probably from all other women as well. . . forever.