Wallflower 🌺 on Nostr: Leaving this article for anyone who might want to start to try to understand the ...

Leaving this article for anyone who might want to start to try to understand the effects of child abuse/trauma.

*I'm not looking for sympathy.*

My father was a drug addict and alcoholic. He was abusive. Physically, verbally, sexually.

I criticize myself more than anyone else can and I've have spent a lot of my life working on the effects of the abuse.

I need patience, I need support to keep working on the effects. I appreciate the friends that care for me and find patience for me, and especially the ones who will call me out when I need to be called out.

I'm not going to feel shame over this. It is not my shame.

I think I'm a kinder person than most but yes, I make mistakes, and yes, they are usually rooted in the abuse.

Being vulnerable, fear of abandonment are tough. I will continue to be a work in progress.

https://harborlondon.com/the-link-between-childhood-trauma-and-adult-behaviour/