Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group
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I was raised by a violent narcissist father
like other children raised by a narcisist
i did not think I had the right to even be alive
your parent kind of assumes your identity and lives through you
Your whole life centers around pleasing your abuser
he had no empathy center that worked
i was an it
his only touch was using a homemade paddle with holes drilled to hurt me more
He enjoyed beating and yelling at me
the physical abuse was tolerated much better than the emotional sabotaging
I was not allowed to have close friends, no one could dilute dads control.
I was not allowed to have a girlfriend
by college I had no attachment to any human more than the surface friend
I finally found a girl, we fell in live
had a wonderful time for a year
then one nite this was very small school with one cafeteria and 1200 kids
she snuck away with a guy even though we were pinned
she went drunk with a guy into a rival frat house
i was sitting around a crowd of guys when I heard a couple of guys talking about pulling train on my girlfriend
15 guys had taken advantage and gangraped her
They bragged about their action all over that little school
betrayal had got out of hand and they violently gangraped her
i never held a girls hand
hugged or showed any public display of affection
i would never trust anyone ever again
i isolated and a damaged soul from childhood I could not take public sexual humiliation
i was young and did not understand the damage to her or me
as damaged kids we do not know we have no boundaries and are going to be used and hurt
this trauma was buried and I had no idea it was there
four months ago it exploded
my triggers of people staring at me in a restaurant was connected to those guys staring at me after they trained my girl
I always wondered why something so neutral caused me so much pain
There was blood spilled by me going after some of them
I learned to hatr
a nice innocent girl was destroyed public ly
they destroyed her reputation
brough fear into her life
that free young spirit full of discovery now she was afraid traumatized and trying to act like nothing hapoened
today they might go to jail back then they bragged like they did something courageous
yhry Destroyed the only thing I loved
I could not get the image of 15 guys mounting her as the rest cheered
nothing in life was sacred a d all I knew is everyone would betray me
all those emotions and fear are stored at the time of the abuse
so I was experiencing my 20 year old self freak out
i never knew how much this event damage trust and every relstionship
if a girlfriend or wife was going out alone at nite
i was ready to leave, ready to be beyrayed
my trust has left me forever
i would be uncomfortable and distrusting of people
sad to just be realizing the damage done
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"How Did I Get Complex PTSD?
The genesis of complex PTSD is most often associated with extended periods of ongoing physical and/or sexual abuse in childhood."
http://www.pete-walker.com/fAQsComplexPTSD.html
His website is loaded with great links to resources, his book, and other stuff I've found helpful for our own particular kind of trauma from childhood.
I have read many books on complex plays and had that diagnosis
We are codependent
Have no boundaries
Low self esteem and damaged social skills
Trauma is mixed with normal brain development
We are brainwashed and clueless of our plight