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Old Sep 20, 2015, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by skeksi View Post
I was physically abused by my sibling.

T describes me as "high functioning." I hold down a job and excel at it, but that's the only part of my life that is functional. It's just like when I was a kid and focused on school to get through the abuse at home.

I have a lot of shame about being abused by a sibling because it is a category of abuse that is often not discussed. So it feels extra weird that it happened to me.
You describe me spot on. I'm also high functioning because I work. I have an extremely high startle response. I mean ridiculously high, My scream is one of sheer terror and after people recover from hearing it, they laugh and tell me I should be in horror films. Not real funny for me though.
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