[Jackapuss's Mama]

Hi. I'm pretty new--been reading a lot and posting a little. Most of y'all seem to have survived SA. I feel fortunate that's not my case. I was beaten pretty severely and frequently. Any other DIDs out there with similar stories?

[Kiya]

Hi.
Our family had some knock down, drag out fights. But mostly ours is SA.
Best to you in your healing
kiya

[anderson]

Originally Posted by Jackapuss's Mama

Hi. I'm pretty new--been reading a lot and posting a little. Most of y'all seem to have survived SA. I feel fortunate that's not my case. I was beaten pretty severely and frequently. Any other DIDs out there with similar stories?

Hi, we had to deal with alot of our past and present abuse in a different avenue. we have DID/RA/SA/MC. we come back here to keep in touch with the friends that we made here when we first started recovery from our present abuse issues.

but there is one thing we learned a long time ago,
it does not matter how horrible we were hurt, the simple truth is that we all have endured an event that was so loud that our child mind could not handle it.

we hope that you can find the help u need to!

listening and caring!

[Jackapuss's Mama]

Thanks Kiya & Anderson for your posts. I guess we sort of feel like we don't belong here because when we read other people's stories, ours seems not so bad. But we do have physical damage as well as emotional.
Been seeing a good T for over three years, dealing mostly with PTSD, depression, and co-dependency issues instead of the dissociation. We were about to get into that, but T told me this week that she's losing her job in September because the county has decided to privatize mental health services. We don't want some fresh-out-of-school eager beaver messing with us in the hopes of writing a book, so will not go there (into DID) at all.

[Kiya]

we can't compare ourselves, we can only do the best we can
we each have our own private views of hell - with the hope of getting free.
safe hugs if you'd like them.

[Bmee2]

what is MC? Does C stand for child? Sorry unable to guess.

As far as I know, I never had anything except SA and physical/emotional abuse. I never feel like I have the "right" to have DID.

[Gr3tta]

I hope that you don't feel your pain diminished just because you were not a victim of SA. Physical and emotional abuse is every bit as damaging, and painful.
I am so sorry you endured this. You are very welcome in this forum no matter what kind(s) of dissociation, past abuse, or other issues you may have.
Welcome!