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Originally Posted by reb569
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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That's my experience too.When I've been triggered is when I start that downward spiral of thinking and believing all those negative things that I felt and believed as a child.
I don't think it ever completely goes away but I do believe people can learn ways to not let theirself go all the way down that rabbit hole or how to deal with it or pull theirself back out when they do.
Sometimes those feelings ache in my soul.