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Sufferer Mental, Emotional And Physical Childhood Abuse

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KatKaos

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Like so many others, I'm a bit nervous, where to start, with this stuff I guess.

I was not allowed to play outside with other children or to have kids in the house ever, or indeed to have friends. At around age 6 my then undiagnosed schizophrenic mum repeatedly held my head under the bath water whilst banging the back of my head on the bath, while screaming abuse at me. I nearly drowned. My dad intervened for once.

At around 8 she came after me with a kitchen knife, but I ran fast and locked myself in the bathroom until she calmed down. It was all very 'here's Johnny'. She repeated the coming after me with a weapon and threatening to end me a few times.

At 9 she stripped me and held me naked to the front window while people outside could see me. At 10 I was herded into a convent to see a dead nun in her coffin who was still twitching. I was supposed to kiss her ring.

When I was 11 I was run over, at 12 I witnessed up close a woman cyclist get run over by a lorry, she died in front of me

At 15 my loving parents threw me out onto the streets to fend for myself, I had to sleep on a park bench.

I was in a car accident, the car rolled over a few times, I was lucky to escape with just whiplash and bruising.

3 times through childhood mum pulled me by the hair and then cut it all off so that I looked like a concentration camp prisoner. She told everyone that I'd done it.

I also constantly had "demons" shaken out of me by my delusional mum

I could go on but it's getting too long.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. You have been through so much pain and anguish. I really feel for you and my heart goes out to you so much. This is a good place for you to spend some time getting to know people here because they understand. I hope your recovery is healing and peaceful. It is nice to meet you.
 
Thank you for replying to my post,it helps to know someone cares and understands,I am lucky that I have a loving husband and daughter,but he thinks that I should just be able to move on and forget about it,I have tried for years to do that but I can't seem to get it together,it has been enlightening and comforting to me to find this site
 
You're very much understood here. I am so baffled at those who tell us to just move on, yet it is a common response. Seems that nobody knows just how hard it can be to move on unless its something that happened to you.
 
Hi KatKaos,

Welcome to the PTSD Forum! :)

It is almost impossible for someone without PTSD to understand why a person can't "just move on". I think everyone that has ever experienced this would give about anything just to be able to do that. But with therapy, support, and hard work, symptoms can be managed and the past does become the past.

I hope you find the information and support on this site helpful as you work on healing.

Take care.

Debbie
 
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