Sarahleigh
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Hello. Sarahleigh here. 32 years old. "Officially" diagnosed with PTSD today. Have been an abuse survivor since I can remember.
I don't remember when the Physical and Emotional Manipulation began, but the sexual and violent rapes by my mother lasted from ages 14-16 and they were near daily.
I also have Bipolar, and Anxiety. They told me today that the Anxiety was brought on by me suppressing my abuse memories for years.
I am set up to see my therapist twice a week, and a PTSD specialist twice a week.
I hate crying. I personally think it makes a person weak. I guess that's a result of my upbringing. I secretly know it's a sign of strength.
I also have mild cerebral palsy, this was used as a pawn in the emotional abuse.
My parents adopted me when I was eight days old, My father was never around when the abuse was going on because he worked all of the time. My mother never left marks. She also emotionally manipulated and abused him when he was around, so even attempting to tell him what was going on would have led to nothing.
The abuse stopped on the day she died. March 18th 2001. My father died last year. We would talk about it while he was in the hospice. He told me what he knew about the abuse(emotional and physical), and apologized for not getting involved more, and that he was so sorry for how much it ended up hurting me.
That's about it. Hi all.
I don't remember when the Physical and Emotional Manipulation began, but the sexual and violent rapes by my mother lasted from ages 14-16 and they were near daily.
I also have Bipolar, and Anxiety. They told me today that the Anxiety was brought on by me suppressing my abuse memories for years.
I am set up to see my therapist twice a week, and a PTSD specialist twice a week.
I hate crying. I personally think it makes a person weak. I guess that's a result of my upbringing. I secretly know it's a sign of strength.
I also have mild cerebral palsy, this was used as a pawn in the emotional abuse.
My parents adopted me when I was eight days old, My father was never around when the abuse was going on because he worked all of the time. My mother never left marks. She also emotionally manipulated and abused him when he was around, so even attempting to tell him what was going on would have led to nothing.
The abuse stopped on the day she died. March 18th 2001. My father died last year. We would talk about it while he was in the hospice. He told me what he knew about the abuse(emotional and physical), and apologized for not getting involved more, and that he was so sorry for how much it ended up hurting me.
That's about it. Hi all.
