depends on when the abuse happened and to what degree ......in my case prior to 2 yrs old... continued on... and on and on and on... so my brain never got a chance to ever process or learn how to process information correctly...

Fear for me was being locked in closets with no light, things like that prior to 2 years old ... so very unexpected things that I could not predict... that along with other things did not allow my brain to develop as other's

being sodimized.... not knowing how to process the pain...
brain damange manner of opinion.... the brain having a chance to learn to process info correctly YES.... that I would say was damaged.

I was given a book by a T once about re-wriing the brain... she had done research to the effect of what I am talking about...

something that another T swore could not be done... re-wiring of the brain..

so there are many different opinions even amoung the professionals.

was not calling other people brain damaged

was calling myself that - cause of the multi layers of abuse that I suffered and the way in which I learned to process...emotions, information stimulia....

so SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!

no one person has the answer - not even the professionals..... so I was speaking from MY point of view...

Of WHICH... I am sorry that I did...,.