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I think the pain, fear, suffering of the abusive act, whether it be physical or verbal tends to go away pretty quickly, but as already mentioned, how it made you feel, how it changed your perception of yourself never really goes away. At least that's been my experience. I notice it more when I'm really stressed out/anxious or depressed. The negative thoughts that I beat myself up with are from my father's mouth.
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"Do you know what’s really scary? You want to forget something. Totally wipe it off your mind. But you never can. It can’t go away, you see. And… and it follows you around like a ghost."
~ A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon) (2003)
"I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I’ve always felt that I wasn’t a member of any particular group."
~ Anne Rice
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