I can really relate to this. My thoughts on this are, how do you know who you would been, what you would be like, what you would like, how you would react, even what your career would be when you are abused from a young age and never have the opportunity to develop in a nurturing and safe environment? I know that I am totally different that what I would have been like if I had not been subjected to and witnessed horrible abuse from my earliest memories, but I don't know exactly what that is. I think I would tend to be more extroverted than introverted, more outgoing, more adventuresome, more trusting than the hyper-vigilant, wary, self-isolating person that I've become. Understanding, coping mechanisms and management of reactions to situations. Does it really boil down to that, at least for some people? I do think that some people are better able to bounce back than others so every persons results will be different. But for me, I don't see much more than that.