It's horrible how many people say they've been abused in such ways. I'm sorry for what you experienced. NaoSky.

I was not abused in any way by my parents. Both of my parents were loving, but not perfect people. Who is? I was also fortunate to have never been a victim of any kind of significant abuse by anyone else.I did experience being bullied a bit in middle school. That was surely unpleasant, but I wouldn't call that lastingly traumatic in any way. The greatest traumas I experienced were related to my having to quit ballet as a teen (long story), bereavement, and from situations arising as a result of severe bipolar episodes (sometimes triggered by bereavement). I'd say the ballet situation was what fully sparked my first major episodes, and even that included bereavement.

As a teen, I did have an adult man attempt to sexually abuse me, but I wouldn't call that traumatic. I fortunately avoided the situation when I saw it developing. I've always managed to avoid physical type abuse. Definitely luck to a large degree, determination to another. I'd actually give a bit of the credit to my parents for the latter.

The above is just how I saw the situations for myself.

My husband always jokes about something my brother infamously said, a couple times. Bro would say "If anyone even ATTEMPTS a physical fight with me, they'll soon learn that they CAN'T EVEN TOUCH ME!" The truth is, my brother was "touched" a couple times. Not by anyone sexually or physically, but once psychologically and another time by a near heart attack. After his heart problem was presented, he was scared sh**less. However, he's since bounced back and fights it off and has been quite well since. Unfortunately, sometimes we are vulnerable no matter how hard we try. But it is the bouncing back that shows the greatest strength (or even revenge) sometimes.