Welcome to the group, Sassy! I'm sure a lot of people here can relate. I may not have experienced the same kind of childhood trauma that you did, but I definitely know what it is like to have my life affected by my childhood experiences. I walked into my adulthood with a lot of false beliefs about life and myself. I suffered with long-term, severe depression, social anxiety and awkwardness, and a lack of coping skills. It's been a bumpy ride for me, but I am overcoming it all little by little.

I hope to hear more of your story, when and if you are ready to share it!

Hi Sassy! Glad you found our group, it's a very supportive one :)
I didn't witness domestic violence, but in my childhood home, we were all victims of my mothers verbal and emotional abuse. SO I spent my whole childhood and a big chunk of my adult life watching her abuse my dad and sister. It left me with lasting issues that affect every part of my life as well, although I am sure in different ways then what you witnessed!
I look forward to getting to know you better!

In my childhood home, there was almost constant war going on...lots of yelling and screaming. You bet it messed me up. I did anything I could to stay out of that house.

I want desperately to run away from arguing and quarreling when I hear it...even after all these years of living. I can't deal with any kind of angry confrontation. Even strongly positive emotions in others makes me want to get away.

Both of my parents were extremely violent. My father wasn't home very often, but when he did, he beat up anybody and everybody. He sent my mother to a hospital once. My mother beat me up the most whenever she felt like it. I also wacthed my little sister beaten up. She was only like a year and a half old. She had black eyes for some time. I, too, stayed away from home as much as I could.

Hi and welcome to the group. yes, i can relate. I've also had to witness domestic violence. I've had to live with the fear and the fights for as long as i can remember. I hope you get the support you need:)

Welcome to the group. yes, I relate to domestic violence. To this day my parents, in their 70s now, still argue and are disrespectful to each other. I grew up in a very violent atmosphere, where every single time there was yelling, screaming, hitting and all kinds of abuse.

I saw my father hitting my mother when he was a drunk, and then he stopped hitting her when he stopped drinking, but then started hitting us his children and using God and the bible as an excuse for his violence.