What is Physical Emotional Abuse
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) or is unlawful or wrongful....
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Hi
Im new to this and a bit nervous. I have just left an emotionally and physically abusive relationship, it lasted for nearly four years and i lost any sense of my identity and any self confidence i had. I feel like a broken shell of a person, who still feels sorry for her ex but realises i cannot be contorlled and abused anymore.I am left with feeling of shame for staying, yet i still panic that i have actually now left. I have no idea how to move forward, im having counselling and do have a good support network of friends, i do sometimes feel though that unless you have been through it you can never quite understand. I just wondered how other people started the long and painful process of getting back on the right track and starting to like themselves again? Carly x Posted on 11/03/09, 04:11 am |
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The same way you have. By getting out, getting counselling, and getting here where others have been through it. You are right about that - it is SO validating to talk to others who have been through it - who understand the conditioning that means you can still love your abuser, still feel panicky about leaving a situation that sould seem really really easy to leave, etc.
Basically, one foot in front of the other. And others will say it too, but if you ever need to talk, message me, I'm around a lot, especially your mornings and late at night (I'm in Aus). Take care of yourself, try to do something nice for yourself every day, even if all it is is spending more time on your appearance, or going out for a coffee, or whatever you can afford that makes you feel good. 
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