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Has anyone had a delayed realization or a delay in how you respond to an abuser?

I am 39 years old. I recently got married and have a great marriage. After 10 years of therapy, I learned to trust and be vulnerable in a relationship.

Throughout my childhood, my dad never seemed happy with my brothers and I. He would often
yell at us (and for trivial things). All my energy got directed to school ...

This was originally in the PTSD forum, but someone recommended it go here. I'll cut to the chase. My father was abusive. Pushed me to attempting suicide when I was 8 years old.
Slammed my face into a mirror until I screamed liar at my own reflection.
Hung me out a window and threatened to kill me.
Threw me into the bathtub and turned on the hot water as high as it could go.
Put ...

I have dissasociative personality disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. The vast majority of times this comes from some form of abuse or trauma. I was severly bullied in all fashions at school but particuarlly physical and the teachers joined in on everything but. My parents were also abusive, they would punish me for what happened at school if I retaliated at the bullies by hitting me, yelling at me, or isolating me, where ...

Both my parents have been drugs users and would always fight when they didnt have nothing but lately me and my fsther were arugeing over him stopping and i would leave if he didnt stop,he got very mad at me and pushed me to the ground and got ontop of me and started hitting me and said if i ever bring it up again he would beat the hell out of me.Then my mom was ...

If the only interaction a young child has with its parents involves pain, fear, terror, humiliation and hatred, can this lead to Masochism in the adult?

I have 2 younger sisters. My father spent most of my childhood at work or in the pub. We all hated when he was at home. One of the earliest memories I have of him is when I was around 7 or 8 and I was playing catch with my sisters. He was outside when my youngest sister (4 years younger than me) fell over and grazed her knee. She was his favourite and he ...

When I was a little kid I got spanked by my father. The problem with that was, any reason at all was a good enough reason for a grown man to beat on a little kid as hard as he could until he got tired. And, no one would lift a finger to intervene, because, “It’s just spanking”.

This went on until high school age, 17, I think. He was yelling at me about something. ...

On the outside looking into my Family we looked perfect. Nnice cars, house, business and socially popular. In reality we were at the mercy of my mother's mental illness. She suffered ptsd from her childhood and took it out on me. The eldest son. Violent mood swings and a brutal aim when throwing the cutlery draw or knife block. As my dad always worked a lot he missed alot of the show unfold. As the ...

Hi, I'm a teenaged girl. My parents have always provided a home, food, clothes, and medical care.
My mom constantly puts me down about my weight or says that I'm a spoiled brat, and that Im an "asshole" or something along those terms. My dad beats my dog in front of me and grabs my butt every time I walk by even though I've told him not to a lot. They have driven me to ...

My mom is severely abusive. She has been hurting me since I was 5, areas if today, she is still abuses and makes jokes about it. Today, I lost my 30 dollar metro card. I can't get home, no one can pick me up, it's too far to walk, amd no one has any money. If she finds out I lost it, she will beat me up, or possibly kill me out of anger. So ...