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healing from childhood

survivinghuman26
survivinghuman26

i grew up with an alcoholic father. he'd scream, throw things, and beat me or my siblings. my parents were always arguing. whenever i messed up something i would get mentally and physically abused. i cry or leave whenever someone raises there voice. i hate it so much when someone asks what's wrong. i never know what's is wrong i have it in my head but i can't verbally express myself. it makes me feel weak. i need to try to communicate things no matter how hard it is. my family finally got a divorce and my father has been sober but i still get flashbacks to those nights. i'm done. i am not that little girl anymore. i'm in a safe place. i can let go of those memories. i can practice communicating by journaling my thoughts. i'm free now. it's time for me to heal.

jptexas
jptexas
Good for you. That's amazing that you have come through and recognize your freedom but also work on finding your voice again. I am 56 and I am still finding my voice. It wasn't until 5 years ago that I learned what it was to understand what was happening in my body after being chronically ill all my life. I had to work hard with a therapist to have her work each hour on me learning to describe what I was feeling and put words to it. It's been astonishing to understand that most people know what goes on with their bodies.

I encourage to keep finding that still small voice that was quashed in your childhood because of all the chaos. I hope you continue to share here about good and hard times as we can all learn from them. I still have ptsd nighmares/terrors when i have a traumatic even come up or retelling my story. I'm a work in process. I wish I could say that my memories were long forgotten, but I still relive them in night terrors from time to time and I didn't even have an alcohlic father or mother, just a rageaholic dad and narcissitic mom (I learned that 10 years ago ;)

Welcome. Nice to hear from you :))
arfie
arfie
hello survivor. welcome to ds. may this bold step in opening up here carry you to healing places. healing happens. i hope it happens to you.

listening. . . you are not alone.
ANorthernSoul
ANorthernSoul
It’s always a good time for healing
ccleaver
ccleaver
Hugs I'm proud your moving on
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