Recent content by TK.

Feeling unheard has definitely been an issue in our marriage in relation to this stuff. My husband is very logical and needs things explicitly spelled out or he doesn't get it. It's just how he's wired, which is more than fine, it just becomes complicated when I am feeling like this...

I have done the same thing.. Detaching and going numb has been my primary line of defense since I can remember. And then self-injury became my way of coping when I felt too much and didn't go numb or when I was desperate to feel something to know I was still alive at all. Such a damn vicious...

I'm new to the website/forums and still a bit unsure of how this all works but I need to get this out of my head.. I've been struggling with a major depressive episode for over a year now (precipitated by some major triggers related to childhood sexual abuse and family neglect, and a huge...

I, too, have lapses in my memories from childhood, most likely because of the abuse I experienced. I'm new here too. Hopefully we can both find what we are hoping for.

Hello all. I'm TK, in my late twenties, married for a year and a half, an early childhood educator, and a working poet and artist. I was sexually abused as a child by a girl from school. My parents were emotionally abusive and I lived in constant fear of not living up to their high standards...

I feel drained. Numb. Distant and disconnected from my surroundings.