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Originally Posted by LabRat27
The fact that I'm having such intense emotional reactions now (in between periods of numbness/detachment) makes me feel like I'm faking it. I feel like I'm not "allowed" to feel this way because "it wasn't that bad" and I'm being "melodramatic" and just convincing myself to mimic the symptoms of trauma even though I've felt these things for as long as I can remember.
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This 100%. People don't take emotional abuse seriously. I was emotionally abused for years, since I was a child, by my grandma. People don't take it seriously because it's not physical or sexual abuse, but it's just as serious. We're really ARE made to feel as if it "wasn't that bad". I hear you and you're not alone.
I've been trying to find a book about emotional abuse for years. I was molested and there are so many books for sexual abuse but it's sad that there's not nearly enough books for survivors of emotional abuse. Unfortunately I don't have any resources but if I come across any I'll post them in this thread!