What is it called when I am afraid that others will harm me until the point where I no longer can function?

[AnD]

Fabulous ????

Hi @Teasel ?
Throwing you a bucket full of hugs ? ? ?

Right there with you @AnD. Other people did a really good job of making me hate myself.

Hi, @Survivor3
I am sorry people harmed you. It is shit! Sending you love your way.

 

[Survivor3]

Thanks friend. ???

 

[AnD]

I have reached to another answer that really heals me.

I am afraid of others because I internalize what I perceive as their negative beliefs of me. That leads me to try to figure out how to behave, think and feel in order to be safe. Even if I am alone.

The cure. To say that I have this inner critic, not because I need to change or am defective, but because I was traumatized. That negative voice inside me is in it self proof that I went through trauma.

I can grieve that pain. And by grieving, healing.

Much love to all of you, my fellow sufferers

 

[Wendell_R]

I can grieve that pain. And by grieving, healing.

Yes. When we grieve, there is movement inside and hope. Hugs for you, AnD.

 

[Survivor3]

Hi @AnD, unfortunately I think that our traumas and abuse results in us feeling fear which induces paranoia. Which is horrible to experience. When we feel like this I have to tell myself that these feelings and thoughts are cognitive distortions.