Life report
By Christine:
Although when I was 15 years old I really wanted children, I aborted my third child as I was pregnant again directly after the birth of my second.
I was undergoing a demanding breast operation after finishing breast feeding my daughter and could not see how I could cope with caring for yet another small child.
By Sigrid:
I had my first abortion in 1989 and since then, despite repeated psychotherapy, I suffered from feelings of guilt, especially at end fo Janurary being the anniversary of that first abortion.
In 2009 however, fully 20 years later the consequences were again extreme. I had massive bleeding, panic attacks and bouts of compulsive eating.
Straight away I went to the Katholische Familienwerk (a catholic family therapy centre) for treatment which helped me a lot.
However, because my guilt feelings were still so strong my counselor felt that I really needed a "Pastor" to help me work through and deal with them.
By Svatka:
"What...pregnant again! Oh no, it can`t be true, what will I do now?"
Although
married, I am living in a foreign Islamic country, with no family other
than my husband and our two young children! Also, I have to work...one
salary is not enough to live on in my husband`s home country...I will
never cope with it all; I must find a swift solution and quickly!
Thankfully, my best friend confirmend my belief that the situation was truly imppossible. She gave me an address to go to solve the problem, as she had already experienced the same thing herself. There is no alternative; the main thing is that it must happen quickly! My husband said only: "Do what you want, it is your decision!"
I don`t want to hear any details about the intervention, as then I
don`t have to think about it: the nice gynecologist is very
understanding and competent, everything runs quickly and smoothly.
Then it`s over, life goes on: profession, children, husband, household...everything seems to be nicely back in order.
By Timothy Hall:
"I don`t love you enough to have your children." that was the only explanation I received from my girlfriend, who would have been the mother of my child.
In a ten minute conversation on the phone, I heard from the woman I thought I was going to marry, that I had been a father for two or three months. I had no idea that she was pregnant.
For several months, I was depressed. I did not want to attend my university classes, I didn`t eat, and I started a four year addiction to pornography.
I didn`t stop going to church and believing in God during this time. I felt like a hypocrite, and that made the feelings that much worse. During those years of pain, guilt and shame, it never occurred to me that maybe it was because I needed an inner healing. I thought I was "over it".
By Kathrin (22 years)
By the age of 12 I was heavily drug addicted and for two years sniffed, injected and smoked my way through the complete repertoire that the Austrian drug scene had to offer. I also had my first pregnancy and abortion.
As a result I had to later fight with serious mental health problems for six years culminating in regular suicide attempts and hospital confinements. At 14, I aborted for a second time and began to suppress everything and hide behind a mask. My feelings cooled; although not related to the abortion.
