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“Find someone who knows how to calm your storm.”

my parents: abuse their kid relentlessly, emotionally and physically, and completely neglect to protect me from other abusers in the family

Your daily reminder that traumatised brains are literally physically different to a normal brain. Repeated trauma and abuse has a severe, long-term effect.

me, while being abused: it's okay, I'm used to this already, and I'm tough, I can take it.

“Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows.”

Therapist: and what do you think has been making you feel sad?

Therapist: why don’t you show emotion in here?

“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.”

when the months keep passing by even though you’re not in the head space to emotionally process them and you realize it is impossible to escape the passage of time

Therapist: “Are you experiencing any suicidal thoughts?”