'Some people might feel this way because they were abused for years, they might take longer to recover, and recovery might look more like being able to deal with the feelings than to just not have them.'

Thanks, ChickenNoodleSoup - that's a heaping helping of validation for me.

Emotional abuse is my core issue, I think. I've seen some improvement by being able to talk it out, but I have distanced myself from my feelings significantly in order to cope. Trying to learn to let them back in is hard.