Information for adults physically, emotionally or sexually abused as children
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‘I think I’m going mad, my moods are up and down all the time, I can’t control them. I sometimes feel so angry that I have to hurt myself to get rid of the feelings…’
‘I have memories coming into my mind all the time of what happened to me when I was a child. I can’t understand why. I’ve never thought about those things until now… I don’t like what I can remember, it fills me full of fear, I can’t believe someone would do that to a child…’
‘Relationships are a disaster area for me. I can’t trust anyone… the same old pattern occurs again and again, especially with men. It is as if my dad was still around and still harming me. I even react the same, always trying to please and pretending there is nothing wrong… what is it about me that causes this…’?
‘I keep out of other people’s way, I’ve learned that is safer, but I feel empty and full of pain…’
‘I know I don’t want to face what has happened in my life so I don’t. I drink, take drugs, binge and starve. All of this hides what has happ...
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