Well, it has taken me just over 7 years to finally (& more or less) get over most of the worst stuff that’s been done to me throughout the course of my life, and I do recall someone telling me to do just that, GET ON WITH IT.
And even though the following blog has been copied from Barbara’s Tchatzkah’s, whose newsletters I’ve subscribed to, I would just like to point out to you all that whatever did finally cause me to GET OVER IT is mostly from my own doing – my thought processes & attitude – "not" from doctors, medications & therapists, believe it or not.
The main thing that I learned thru deep meditation is that I am responsible for how I make myself feel, not anyone else. It was I who ultimately was in charge of my own plan & path I took toward fulfilling my own joys. But, that is only my story here, and I am only just another statistic of a unique individual, perhaps a little stronger than others who’ve experienced horrific & severely traumatizing events in their life, and whether it’s happened to you once, several times or on an ongoing basis, it all boils down to the same thing. You must learn how to deal with it on your own & decide how you want to live – happy or miserable. It’s as simple as that.
Anyway, here is Barbara’s story (slightly edited & corrected by moi, of course):
Victims Can Not Simply "Move On" or "Get Over It"
FOR THOSE WHO TELL OTHERS TO "get over it" and/or "move on" – or that we are obsessed, out of control, etc. It’s not up to YOU when a victim moves on. It’s up to them in their own time and their own way!
Talk about closed system of logic 
and it’s ABUSIVE to suggest that they should!
Reality and Revictimization…
Victim, survivor, victimology, victim abuse…
why are victims being told to deny their reality?
You have been methodically and diabolically abused and suddenly you hear "don’t be a victim, choose to be a survivor."
The concept that a victim can always consciously choose how to proceed, is wrong.
The entire infrastructure of a life is often destroyed leaving the victim, stunned, numb, hypervigilant, indigent, betrayed and perplexed as to why they are expected to "choose" to not be a victim. Give them a time machine and this can be done. Give them revictimization abuse and it cannot. They are victims.
It’s time to give that word back its status and in doing so, give respect to the abused. Respect comes in the form of providing help. An empowering, compassionate approach to those who have been stripped of dignity through repeated abuse in courts of law, or by their partners, begins with recognizing and defining the situation of the victim.
What is the definition of a "victim"?
According to the dictionary a victim is: One who is harmed by, or made to suffer from an act, circumstance, agency, or condition; a person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of.
The victim of a narcissist or abuser is traumatized.
There are biochemical changes in the body and structural changes in the brain. Thought patterns change, memories are lost, immune system strongly affected, brain cells die, there is chest pain, muscle pain, feelings are intense and emotions chaotic.
Victimization is never deserved. No one "ASKS FOR IT" or "KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO." Not this. No.
Why are victims revictimized?So why does someone brutalized, abused, and traumatized have to be afraid of the word "victim" ? Because it’s politically correct to say, "I’m not a victim, I’m a survivor." Much the same way, people think the capitalist economy gives everyone an equal chance to become wealthy (which of course it does not – if everyone started with the same funding, self esteem, contacts, educational background, health, then that would be true) but when the playing field is not level some have an advantage.
Not everyone who is the victim of emotional, verbal, and narcissistic abuse are the same. Some have more resiliency than others. Some are numb, some are without any resources or support. Many have physiological changes that need to be addressed. And when those who need help come looking for it, instead of being welcomed, they find "helpers" that tell them they are responsible for their healing and they better choose it now or they will always be a victim and never a survivor. These people are revictimizing those they want to help because "choice" is NOT always an option.
Dr. Frank Ochberg, Harvard trained MD and trauma expert, says our culture now disparages, blames, isolates, and condemns someone for being a victim.
As a victim of any kind of abuse you deserve:
1. Compassion
2. Validation (no matter how often you need to talk about it – even if it’s a lifetime)
3. Freedom from therapeutic verbal abuse (if your therapist minimizes your situation, leave and report them)
4. A support team to open doors to resources
5. A friend, therapist or counselor who can teach you the skills to rebuild your life.
Depending on who you are, this may take a long time or not. Variables include amount and length of abuse, health, supportive family or not, finances, genetic explanatory style (optimism or pessimism), coping skills you may already have and many others.
A starting point for recovery are post traumatic stress sites. There you will find trained and compassionate support people with articles that explain trauma healing methods.
The Scientific Basis of Healing, Happiness and Recovery
It doesn’t matter if you call yourself a victim, survivor or Martian. No one should deny you victim status. It is what is. A victim is not a slothlike creature, nor stupid. Nor is a victim responsible for what happened to her and we must stop worrying about language and start helping. A victim is a person with a life in chaos. What matters is that you get the help you need and the compassionate trained person to give you the skills.
The good news is that happiness is trainable, resiliency comes back and psychologists are moving from the Freudian model which has dominated psychology for too long and was wrong to boot, to a model that moves from pathology as the dominant scheme
. The process of de-traumatization begins with validation. It then moves to retraining explanatory style. Depending on the depth and time of the abuse, it may take a long or short time to process to empowerment and control. IT IS NOT NECESSARY to analyze every event.It IS necessary to be heard and listened to and to tell your story. Validation is critical.
Yes, and once you’ve been heard DON’T WORRY; BE HAPPY 
(ëCK) 
thelightningphoenix 
I still believe that it boils down to ATTITUDE. You can choose to remain a victim or fight back and be a survivor. A survivor is a former victim. A survivor faces their challenges and becomes empowered by those same challenges. A survivor says to themself, "OK, I can\’t change this relationship or the situation, but I can change my life and stop contributing to this situation."
A survivor makes a commitment to rid themselves and their life of the perpetrator or the trouble. Whereas a victim continues to feel helpless and accept blame, a survivor gathers together their courage and demonstrates their strength in spite of their fears.
It takes strength to survive and it takes courage to live… very good entry!!
Being a victim is about loss….and one has to process that loss with the stages of grief. There is no way around it, one must go thru it and maybe thru it again because it\’s a process. No matter where a person is in the process they must accept themselves in order to move on. To sit with the grief and feel it is to grow and move on. It takes time and everyone grieves differently.
Grief has many stages & sometimes the acts repeat themselves just like in a play repeated on many stages.Wow, did I just say that? Haha! I prefer to make good grief, as in the Charlie Brown kind, whenever I\’m sad & can\’t make heads or tails of things.It\’s not always that easy, and that\’s when I lay down & put the covers over me until I feel better…& how can\’t you when you have a bed to sleep in? So you go with the flow; what can you do about some things? Nothing!