I voted many incidents. I don't know what to count as an incident. If I just count separate body memories, then probably around 40 or 50 of physical and sexual assaults from when I was a baby to maybe around age 10? Plus a sexual assault at knifepoint when I was 19. But then there's also prolonged starvation at around age 12, and emotional abuse the whole time I was living at home till I was 20.
It's weird seeing that written down in black and white. Part of me still wants to believe that I had a normal childhood and that nothing is wrong with me now. Denial can be amazingly strong. |