A study claims people who experienced psychological abuse in their childhood tend to experience lower satisfaction with relationships as adults, and …
A reduced sense of belonging links childhood emotional abuse to unhappier romantic relationships
There is a part of me that wants to say, well, duh.
This is one of those things I have thought about a lot. I experienced the trifecta of abuse.
But the physical abuse was minor, and even the sexual abuse, I have found, was easier to name and see and move past.
It was the psychological abuse that really wrecked me as a person. Creating all sorts of hang-ups, and for so long, I thought that was just me, not a product of abuse.
But I guess in ways it has turned into just a part of life, and how I was molded from an early age.
Maybe one day I will get some help breaking the mold. There are cracks in it now, so maybe it will get easier.
Lisa Gray 