Dear Fox,
I am so sorry for what you've been through and forced to endure.
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I would do everything I could . . . except actually come out and say the simple word of "no". I was too scared that it would make him mad.
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This is understandable and normal considering that Ken tried to kill you and Rob and your mom, that he is much bigger and stronger than you are, and that you had learned that you could not rely on your mom to help you.
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I don't see how any of those few bad things I went through is abnormal. I don't see how any of that is abusive or traumatic well except for mom destroying my faith and trust in her. I don't think I could possibly have DID because of it.
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When a child experiences bad, painful events from unavoidable people, and when the child learns or concludes that the adults in the environment will not protect or rescue, then the child tries to find ways to adjust, to self-protect. DID can be a form of self-protection, of escape, when faced with a present and seemingly endless future of bad, highly painful events.
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That's why I rule out the molesting as being abusive. That's what outweighs the nights of him being so angry and yelling and pounding his fists into walls and throwing away all my video games.
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(Repeated) painful events, (repeated) great fear, can lead to self-protective changes in the hurt, terrified child. Such changes can live on after the painful events are over. Even though you now have a good relationship with Rob, you can still be living with the effects of the past painful, terrifying events.
Thank you very much for your strength and courage and honesty. I'm thankful that you were able to speak.