Post by EmmaLou on May 5, 2019 21:13:12 GMT
I experienced multiple childhood traumas up until the age of 17 (I believe). This was then followed by various unhealthy and abusive relationships (to varying degrees). I lived with anxiety and depression but I never really understood how poorly I was.
I was plagued by irrational fears constantly (dying, natural disasters, aliens, seriously you name it). When I settled down with my husband in a HEALTHY relationship everything seemed to hit me at once.
It wasn't until I was in my mid-20's that I seriously considered myself as being abused. I absolutely normalised everything I had been through. Having children of my own really brought things home.
When I reported one of these offenses to the police in 2016 I had a mental breakdown and developed for the first time 'C-PTSD'. I have since been diagnosed with BPD in addition to this. It's been a long road and I'm still in trauma therapy, but I'm getting there.
I was plagued by irrational fears constantly (dying, natural disasters, aliens, seriously you name it). When I settled down with my husband in a HEALTHY relationship everything seemed to hit me at once.
It wasn't until I was in my mid-20's that I seriously considered myself as being abused. I absolutely normalised everything I had been through. Having children of my own really brought things home.
When I reported one of these offenses to the police in 2016 I had a mental breakdown and developed for the first time 'C-PTSD'. I have since been diagnosed with BPD in addition to this. It's been a long road and I'm still in trauma therapy, but I'm getting there.
