to my abusers
my boyfriend can't talk to me for a month because his (abusive as fuck) parents decided to take away all his forms of communication mMmm
one of the worst things is when your abuser is suddenly very nice to you and you ask yourself whether they are really an abuser and maybe you were just overreacting and you feel mean for even thinking that they abused you (but then they abuse you over and over again and then they're nice again for a few hours, causing you to doubt everything again)
I hate that trauma and abuse have long-lasting consequences! I really hate that!!! It was bad enough while it lasted, why do I have to suffer from it even 10 years later????
this user has undiagnosed borderline personality disorder
i think im going crazy
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there needs to be a name
for that horrible, sickening discomfort that comes with talking about trauma aloud
it’s shame, but that word is not enough
it is not strong enough.
“shame” is within the range of normal emotions. this is…something else. this runs deeper. this is something that lives in the same primitive brain structures as fear – fear, most powerful of emotions – but has the developed frontal-lobe sophistication of a more complex feeling.
it’s more shame than i can express. it’s a very physical feeling. something inside me recoils. i hate that i have to confront this horrific feeling to talk about my trauma in therapy.
my life is a game of “is this a symptom or does everyone experience this?”