((((She))))),

I am very sorry you were treated so badly growing up. Some people develop complex PTSD from that and some people don't and actually thrive and become strong and self sufficient.

My T told me one day that they have found that often "trauma" survivors as you have described of yourself have learned to become "quite resilient" and determined in spite of early childhood challenges.

When people say that they can remember some trauma's and yet other periods are a "blurr" somehow, that doesn't always mean something "bad". Young children are all equipped with the ability to block things out in order to thrive and survive.

School being torture could be due to a learning disability and also from being hungry or stressed and unable to "concentrate" and learn.

However, you have learned and adapted in spite of that environment, you "are" a survivor in spite of such a challenging history.

What are you doing in your life now?

OE