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Originally Posted by bluewings
having suffered sexual abuse as a child from as young as 8 that I do remember. now that i'm all grown up, I have a lot of flashbacks, and nightmares, I was always told to get over the past, stop living in the past, and cringed at for it, that even I beat my own self up for it, if I could just turn it off I would. i'm feeling really annoyed now, this subject has destroyed my life I get a hell of a lot of triggers because of this. I just don't trust anybody
I've lost myself because of this
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one of the worse things you could say to a abuse survivor is "get over it and forget" yes, we need to get over it but you can't just throw those words at someone.
maybe you should right down those nightmares and flashbacks. it helps in some ways. stay strong and good luck with it.
