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Abused as a child.
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Hi,
I'm not sure where to start. Suffice to say, and I don't want to go into the details, that I was abused as a child by a relative. It's a little hard for me to say "abused" as there's a part of me that feels it was all so surreal. Like I had made it up in my head.
Even as I've opened up to select people in my offline life, and they've called it abuse, I still find it hard to believe. I still feel like a drama queen. I mean, it wasn't that bad.
Although I do have a whole range of trust issues and the like, I'm trying, and it's really hard. Trying to trust. Trying to take a chance on people. Trying to get through each day. And right now, trying not to cry because I've uni work to do ha, ha. I suddenly remembered something that my psychologist (have stopped seeing her for a while now) once said about how I missed out on so much as a child. That thought is upsetting.
Anyway, that's enough. I'm getting emotional and I have a lot of uni work to do.
Thanks for reading
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Hi Corny,
Yeah, clarity is painful. That's why I like containment as I don't like pain ha, ha.
Well, you gave it a go. You tried and didn't realise that for some people, it should come with a warning label.
I'm personally not keen on meditation either; I avoid it like the plague. If friends suggest that I go with them to a meditation class, thanks but no thanks. I have tried it before and felt more stressed after meditating than I did beforehand.
Ha, ha no Jung this week. Freud is still a fave of the psych dept. though so I'll enjoy all those slips.
Dottie x
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This is the part that's really really really stupid, and confirmed I was a nut.
I kept doing it.
Couldn't stop. Can't stop.
My shrink thinks I have a high pain threshold. I said no, I'm just an idiot.
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Hi Corny,
No, I think you're just braver than me, that's all.
Dottie x
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