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kimmydawn said:

We're here too.

KD

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The hardest thing, it seems, that I have to deal with is the knowledge that I capitulated under the "ferocity" of the abuse -- maybe especially because the person who abused me hated me more for that capitulation. I wasn't strong enough/didn't have the resources available to successfully fight back. I had to "go away" mentally to survive. But I have to deal with it now, rather than continue to deny it.