I'm not sure whether depression and my issues with men stems from past experiences. My mothers first husband was my stepdad and always treated me different because I wasn't his daughter, so I had all the smacks when anything went wrong, these wasn't just normal smacks they were full force in the face, once, he tolf my he put razors in all the apples, for years we went through emotional abuse, and it was upsetting seeing a man hit my mum. Then I found out my uncle sexually abused a family member when she was a small child. I also had an ex who tried sexually assaulting me until I told him I was going to tell his dad. Im wondering if things happen in the past shape the way we see people??