serpentina
New Here
Well, hello there... You can call me Serpentina, Serp, Tina; whatever suits your fancy, I guess. I'm a teenager who is entering her final year of high school (Yay for a schedule filled with almost straight AP classes ... blech), and is looking forward to College beyond that. I'm into Physics (*cough*what i mean is that it's my life, and I want to be an Astrophysicist with a focus on Supernovae and Blackholes*cough*) and Horseback Riding, as well as reading and writing.
Onto what I'm here for. I have PTSD cause by a childhood of being medically, verbally, and emotionally abused (there is also speculation that I was physically beaten so badly as a small child that I have repressed memories, considering the treatment of my siblings and behavior I exhibited at that age). I was also sexually abused, though not by my mother. My mother was Schizoaffective with Munchausens By Proxy and I had a very unstable childhood until I was about thirteen. Even after the fact it was really hard, as you can imagine. I remember disassociating from myself while walking down the halls of school and not knowing what was wrong -- just being intensely frightened about what was happening to me, and wondering if I was going crazy. I was encouraged to just drop things and move forward with my life, and I myself was a little in denial, I suppose, about everything. I just wanted to take high level courses in school and get into college. That's still all I want. PTSD has made it increasingly hard, though, and I'm getting really desperate for relief. I tried to find support groups around me, but there don't seem to be any, so I've come to what I guess is the next best thing.
Whoo. Well, that's a lot to take in, I suppose. I hope that my time here helps me, and that in turn I can help a few people, too.
Onto what I'm here for. I have PTSD cause by a childhood of being medically, verbally, and emotionally abused (there is also speculation that I was physically beaten so badly as a small child that I have repressed memories, considering the treatment of my siblings and behavior I exhibited at that age). I was also sexually abused, though not by my mother. My mother was Schizoaffective with Munchausens By Proxy and I had a very unstable childhood until I was about thirteen. Even after the fact it was really hard, as you can imagine. I remember disassociating from myself while walking down the halls of school and not knowing what was wrong -- just being intensely frightened about what was happening to me, and wondering if I was going crazy. I was encouraged to just drop things and move forward with my life, and I myself was a little in denial, I suppose, about everything. I just wanted to take high level courses in school and get into college. That's still all I want. PTSD has made it increasingly hard, though, and I'm getting really desperate for relief. I tried to find support groups around me, but there don't seem to be any, so I've come to what I guess is the next best thing.
Whoo. Well, that's a lot to take in, I suppose. I hope that my time here helps me, and that in turn I can help a few people, too.
