((Sherryanne))
powerful and honest post and I thank you for sharing...

My own abuse made me defiant in that I wasn't going to be broken by it. It helped then and it helps now.
It did allow me to take back power albeit a bit at a time. There is no set time for arrival at less hurt, accepting that there are no answers, and moving beyond it enough that you have a measure of peace.
It will come to you...
Please keep posting and let us know how you are, Sherryanne.
We care

Cap