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Originally Posted by Amyjay
We are not born with a sense of self. A baby has no conscious knowledge of its own being. We develop a sense of self and identity in the first six years of life by integrating our perception our experiences and our self knowledge into a single "sense of self". The simplest way to put it I think is that trauma in the first six years of life breaks the self before it has even formed.
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I grew up in a very dysfunctional alcoholic home with little to no attention and an uncle taking me in the bathroom wanting me to do sexual things to him. I was only about four. I never understood what he meant. It happened about 3-4 times. I had no self esteem and thought I was different from others since the beginning of elementary school. I'm just getting some real help now. I've had DP since 13 until now and I'm 60.