News of Kinds of Abuse

We lived in Africa. I was about 10 the first time a mortar hit our home. Father was away, leaving me, mother and 2 sisters. They cried - but I didn't 'cos I had an automatic shotgun and spare rounds. I realized they really were trying to kill us, I hated them. Soviet RPG7's, recoiless rifles, Stalin Organs fired at us. Despite all the crashing and banging, the only sound that frightened me was small-arms: ...

This is a pretty extreme story but I would kind of like a place to just dump the thing and see how people react. This might sound like a complete fever dream, so I'll pre-emptively validate your skepticism. Anyways here it is:

The condensed version is as follows: Several years ago I was drugged and severely abused. Following this incident I experienced a profound dissociative fugue upon recovering from which I became suspicious of the ...

This is my 1st time posting anything here. I just registered because I read this (mod edit- another thread) and have a very similar story. I walked in on my older stepbrother masterbating when I was 8 or 9. He was 13. He casually put his penis away but i saw enough to be curious and I asked him what he was doing. I hadn't started going through puberty and had no idea and he ...

Got a question for you all: My husband has PTSD from childhood and he is 81. He has been through medications, therapy, nothing helps much. The symptoms have remained the same over 28 years of marriage. I believe he is also somewhat "on the spectrum". Can you tell me if these anger episodes are PTSD or spectrum issues?
1) Yesterday my husband was working in the garage with pants that were too long, dragging them ...

how hard could that be. a happy life with no abusers, bullies, narcs... they say life is a gift. yeah right. this one's a curse.

hi, hope your doing okay rn where u at, hope my english is good

i try to tell myself that no one had the fault, we were just 8yrs old, my twin sister asked me to play these game, wich you probably know what im talking abt, i didnt liked it, but i didnt say no to her bcs i didnt want to upset her, it sadly kept going on almost every night for weeks, ...

When I hear about grown people getting sexually abused and I see how difficult it is for them to move forward, I think about me as a child and how I just had to deal with it on my own.
I mean if grown adults struggle, then how the heck are children supposed to cope

I was sent to Catholic reform school when I was 12. I had symptoms of adhd but back then it was not diagnosed as that especially in girls. You were just seen as overly emotional having emotional outbursts impulsive talked too much hyper talked back etc. I was not a very good student either. My parents were strict Catholics and my mother caught me masturbating and made me go to Catholic confession. I had to ...

Yeah...just die peacefully before someone ends up hitting her or insulting her badly in a fight. That someone could be me. She is a very very troubled, broken lady. No one wants her. I only talk with her out of pity which she is an expert at seeking from others.

my own parent ruined me. all her manipulation. it was all lies, all lies.
she would wail after dad died n make a drama. like a fool me and brother at different times would rush to pharmacy to get some sleeping pill for her.
i would rush home from office, from meeting with friends after she'd wail on phone n do drama n act as if someone is tormenting her.
it was all an act. ...