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Thank you for sharing, my trauma diary is available for you to read. My story is similar, but I left out the foster family.
You will find the words when you are ready, and YES it will help to talk about it.
We have nothing to hide or be ashamed of because it is our abusers who should be...
Wow Mytai, I am so proud of you! I hope the flashbacks have settled down. Your whole therapy process just took a huge move forward. Congratulations! I hope you are proud of yourself. We do not have to keep secrets anymore.
I have talked about this because of self harm habits and how it all works together. I/we are human animals and can not control our sexual responses. To understand that pleasure and pain are mixed up for me was a breakthrough! I finally understood that I am alive sexually and do enjoy it...
Wendy, I am sorry you are feeling so low. I hope you have someone that you can talk to that you trust. When I got really low I had to start medications because I could not pull out of it on my own the last time.
I have been having the same problem. It has been so hard for me because it takes a lot for me to trust and share my story. When I make a good friend she moves.
I also took self defense classes. It was triggering, but a real attack will definitely be triggering also, and we don't want to freeze then. The classes did help me feel safer overall.