A. My mother found out when I was 5. My brother told my mom my (abuser) and I were kissing. My mother publicly humiliated me by slapping me in the face and told me to not do that again.

The next time I told anyone or talked about it in detail was with my therapist and I was age 35. I felt out of touch emotionally with it for a while. I compartmentalize my experiences.

B. 1,2,3 The abuse from my parents - emotional - my husband witnessed when we were dating I was 25. The physical abuse and emotional neglect from my parents I talked about with my first therapist. I always felt in despair about it.