Forgiveness: Why it can sometimes be beneficial to let go of things
"I can leave anytime. I'm not a child anymore."
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After years of silence, a daughter manages to forgive her abusive father. Why forgiveness is important for the psyche—and how it can be achieved.
Silke Lewe hasn't forgotten anything: not her fear, not her powerlessness, not the horror she saw in her little sister's eyes. She watched her younger sister every time her father lost his temper, and the pain shot through her like a red-hot wire. She saw her own suffering reflected in her sister's suffering. Yet today, years later, Lewe has forgiven her father. A meeting at her grandmother's grave was the deciding factor.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
