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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s very hard for me to know what was caused by my mom’s depression, my parents’s collective emotional immaturity (caused by their own childhood trauma), dad’s narcissism, or my dad’s serious health issues and hospitalizations.

I have dealt with depression and anxiety throughout my life, struggled to maintain friendships, deal with extremely low self esteem, and have over time become so introverted that I no longer feel capable of working in an office.

But I also have multiple traumas from adulthood, including a sexual assault by a friend when I was 25, and a sexual assault at work when I was 32. My experience growing up has impacted my ability to heal from those events.

I’m mid-40s now and surprisingly functional and happy given all this.[/quote]

PP, you don't mention it, but I sincerely hope you've been in, or are still in, therapy for the trauma? Especially with a therapist who specializes in working with sexual assault victims? I'm so sorry for your experiences, but also glad to hear that today you're so functional and happy. [/quote]

Thank you, yes— I have been in therapy. Sadly it is hard to find a therapist generally and even harder to find one doing a specific kind of therapy (such as trauma informed, though I wish all therapists were trauma informed). So some of my therapists have been not the best fit.

Interestingly, I only learned about trauma informed therapy when I volunteered with an organization that helps sexual violence survivors. That’s also when I started to realize how much my sexual assault traumas were still impacting me. I saw a therapist for a bit who was not a good fit, but even that helped some. I have gotten a lot out of reading books and studies about trauma and recovery. Learning about ACES was really enlightening. But yeah, it’s a piecemeal patchwork of mental health support over here. I have a supportive DH and I’m hella determined though![/quote]

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