I don't think of myself as a survivor because I don't think what I've been through is bad enough to consider myself a survivor. I think of myself as a victim regarding SA because I was an unsuspecting child who was taken advantage of. But I don't think I'm a victim regarding my childhood traumas and emotional neglect. I don't think that my parents ever purposely set out to hurt me, so I don't think of them as abusive or myself as a victim. I just think that I was an extremely sensitive child who was easily affected by negative events. I also think my parents did not know how to really be parents. They did not know how to give me the affection, attention, protection, and help I needed in life to grow up and be healthy.