Hi all, I found this forum in while search and in effort to find an answer.
I feel I need some help, and don’t know if I need a psychologist or a psychiatrist.
I was a physically abused child (violent beatings by boards, water hoses, metal handles of fly swatters, belt buckles, etc.) And yes, my father was an alcoholic, my mother was verbally abusive and mentally/emotionally absent. No, I was never sexually abused. Yes ...