Thank you, Lynn.

I'm having bad memories haunt me. I've been up all night watching for responses to a post I made in the PTSD forum, and since there hasn't been any, I'm wondering if people don't care.

I am an abuse survivor, and the wounds still hurt. A little bit ago, I mentioned one of those wounds to my mother, and she totally dismissed it. It's apparently OK to make fun of me. I'd like to be validated by at least one person, and have them agree that what was done to me was not merely teasing, but was emotional abuse. And that's besides the physical abuse I went through (which is downplayed as merely "discipline") and the sexual abuse, which isn't acknowledged at all.

Am I ever going to have a relationship with my family? I can't, unless they acknowledge the abuse. How can I "forgive" if nobody admits to any wrongdoing? If they didn't do wrong, then there is nothing to forgive, is there?

Thanks for your ear.