As time passes, you will have consistently gone to therapy & worked hard at understanding yourself, the effect which the abuse has had on you, you will also have developed some methods of reassurance.

In my experience, certain aspects of my life have become easier to talk about and generally accept. I am still working through a few others, but I can see that I have improved a lot since I began many years ago. At that time of my life, I was in complete denial and still being abused. I can't say that anymore. I've pushed those who bring me down out of my life, for my safety. That's improvement.

Some days and/or nights are still very difficult at times. But, not every day. Instead, it comes in phases of drama. There are ups and downs, kind of extreme...but that's me and I still need to work on a few techniques to make things easier for me.

There is hope ~ it just takes time and work. Gentle hugs to you...