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Sher
27-12-2007, 01:54 PM
There was a lot of violence in my family. It was directed mostly to me and also some other children. My father was the main batterer but my mother would set me up and also attack. There were other forms of abuse, done in public or in front of other members of the family. My mother protected the younger children from the abuse. I was told by her that she did not love me as she did the younger ones.

I still have the intrusive memories and nightmares from the abuse and live in a lot of fear. Even though I have spent many years working on these things, they are still present in my life but not the main center of it. Time has done some healing for me. I know I continue to heal but also need to learn to accept and love myself.
tude
27-12-2007, 05:12 PM
Hi and welcome
empowered
27-12-2007, 06:43 PM
Hi Sher,

Welcome to the forum:hello:
nie
27-12-2007, 11:26 PM
Welcome to the forum Sher.
Lisa
28-12-2007, 02:33 AM
Hi... welcome. I hope you find this place useful and healing.
becvan
28-12-2007, 05:30 AM
Welcome to the forum.

Please read this section first: http://www.ptsdforum.org/forum45.html

bec
Seeking_Nirvana
28-12-2007, 08:11 AM
Hi Sher and welcome to the forum. I trust you will learn to love yourself in time.

Tammy
pandora
28-12-2007, 09:05 AM
Welcome to the forum!
kers
29-12-2007, 12:38 AM
Welcome! I think you'll find the forum is a great place to help you challenge yourself.
sunnydaze
28-01-2008, 02:13 PM
Welcome enjoy this forum it is great
sunnydaze
anthony
29-01-2008, 10:41 AM
Hi Sher, welcome to the forum and please enjoy.
lrs
29-01-2008, 10:53 AM
Howdy, ma'am and Welcome!!!
dljwhitewolf
30-01-2008, 02:56 PM
my mother would say, i hate you you little bitch i wish you were never born, and to this day believes every mother says that.
I understand the worst punishment i got was simply being ignored, that in the sense that i was not important enough for help to arrive, i always knew what was going on was wrong, but too many people were involved, and none of them good.
Maybe someday you can give your mothers words back to her, they don't belong to you, they are words from her and her hatred for life.
God makes beauty, some people love to destroy that, find the beauty God had given to you since birth, and remove all the cloaks that others have covered you in.
they don't belong to you.
baggage not needed.
Let you out for a change,
welcome