Keen
MyPTSD Pro
If you were abused as a child, do you ever keep reflecting on it over and over and try to determine if it really 'counted' as abuse?
I do this all the time. I'll even look up official definitions of physical, sexual, emotional abuse, and of neglect (educational, medical, etc), and I will see that what happened to me matches. But then I'll still doubt whether I was really abused or whether I just misinterpreted everything or was just oversensitive.
Just wondering who can relate, and also if anyone has found ways to resolve this and not have to keep doing it over and over. Has anyone came to a place where they can just stop questioning whether it was abuse or not?
I do this all the time. I'll even look up official definitions of physical, sexual, emotional abuse, and of neglect (educational, medical, etc), and I will see that what happened to me matches. But then I'll still doubt whether I was really abused or whether I just misinterpreted everything or was just oversensitive.
Just wondering who can relate, and also if anyone has found ways to resolve this and not have to keep doing it over and over. Has anyone came to a place where they can just stop questioning whether it was abuse or not?