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Apr 28, 2011, 09:11 PM
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Member Since: Apr 2011
Location: Lawrence, KS
Posts: 9
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Originally Posted by Can't Stop Crying
You wouldn't necessarily need to discuss the abuse right away...it takes time to build a trusting relationship to be able to do that. You could go just for daily coping skills in the beginning. I'm not sure these things will just magically go away without some type of professional support unfortunately. My therapist let me start by writing things down and I started very small, with the things that were easiest to share. I know how tough it is, but I don't know of a different way - I wish I did! BTW - you have nothing to be ashamed of, this was not your fault, and you deserved much better as a child!
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Thanks for the kind words. I am starting to think the getting professional is the only way. I have read every self-help book I could find yet I still feel empty. I am so angry over the emotional abuse that I get ill at the thought of having to see my parents.
I have found that as my kids are getting older it is getting harder to cope. I want to be a good parent but I am scared to let them out of my sight! My son when on a sleepover a few weeks back and I cried the whole night even though I knew he was in a safe place. I am twenty-eight years old how can I still be so affected by something that happened over seventeen years ago? Sorry to ramble thanks for listening.
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