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I've been reading the book by Pete Walker: Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. I just read a part on how we minimize emotional or verbal abuse because it's not physical, and assume physical is so much worse. Well, I did something similar with my mother growing up. It wasn't until I was 23...

@imok I understand, I've always felt this way. Then got pregnant shortly after turning 22, and now have no choice but to be the adult my son needs. But I always think when I see other people say they wanna be a kid again, I'd never, ever trade the freedom and safety of my adulthood to be a...

@Link Removed This is my first step in finding support. I shy away from getting to know people in person because of all I've been through, and all I still struggle with. I know so many people look at anyone that has anything mentally not perfect(which no one is) like they're crazy. I actually...

Thank you all. Yeah, my family is all abusive, except one aunt who doesn't talk to me much. I have friends, but they're either so emotionally together they don't get it and think I'm crazy, or they have so much going on in their own lives they're not around when I need it. Which is why I clung...

Normally I'm really shy, but my boyfriend of a year and a half, we had so much in common, broke up with me because I relied solely on him. It was, as he put it, "bleeding him dry". It was a wake up call for me that I have a lot of healing to do. I was abused by both my parents. Then had an...