As an adult, you need some closure for the things that happened to you as a child. Ideally, it would involve talking to your parents and making them understand how they hurt you. Maybe they were under a lot of stress at the time and didn't realize what they were doing to you. Or maybe they're just evil, nasty people, in which case the best thing to do is shut them out of your life. Either way, you need to get some closure for that part of your life and only then can you start to recover.

The next step is rebuilding your self-esteem. Abuse makes you feel like you have little value as a human being. It makes you feel as if you're not worthy of anyone's love. To get over feeling that way about yourself takes a lot of time, effort, and persistence, but it can be done.