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Greetings,

wandered in here looking for...company? My life is obscured by Complex PTSD, resulting from a childhood spent in the captivity of an abusive relationship with a mother whose exclusive creature/whipping post I was. Not that there was a lot of physical abuse. Just enough to engender terror. And the rest was mental and emotional. I was not locked in the house, but I was not allowed to have friends. This was hard to understand and not take personally, given that life for my siblings was quite different. I now understand that my mother has many narcissistic traits, so it wasn't personal. Still, I am 47 and have yet to put together anything resembling a life for myself. And so on and so forth. As the musician Seal says "it's the loneliness that's the killer..."

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Welcome to the forum Dlross
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Welcome to the forum. Hopefully this will be the end of your loneliness.
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Welcome , Welcome, Welcome dlross. Hope you find some help here. Its never too late to start a new life!

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Hello and welcome, dlross. You shouldn't feel alone in here. You and AmazonBelle have much in common.
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Welcome dlross! I am fairly new and have found this to be a safe place. My story is similiar to your also. You can find peace..believe me
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Thanks to everyone for the welcome. It is interesting to see similar stories in other threads.

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