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Dear Slim, I can relate. For yrs. I worked on accepting that I was sexually, emotionally abused as a child. But it was nothing compared to the shame I felt in admitting I was physically abused as an adult. My IC played havoc with my self esteem. Am still working on it in therapy and still find it embarrassing but getting better. It seems to be getting better with time and learning how I was set up for further abuse by my early trauma. Don't have any words of wisdom cause am still struggling too but just wanted to say you're not alone in feeling that way.

Being relatively new to the world of recognizing and learning about my cptsd I am so grateful for the info on these forums. Have been in therapy with a good therapist finally after yrs. of managing my life with addictions. I have been blaming my memory loss on past drug usage and chemo brain but now recognize the correlation between my stress levels and memory loss and brain fog. Higher my stress levels, worse my memory till am in full out dissociation. Never saw the correlation before. Thx again ya'll.

Have been having a very difficult time in therapy working on how ingrained internalizing my anger is. The posts on self blame as a safety net really resonate with me and I think I will get Pete's book today. Thank you all.

Am new to the forum and finding out about how c-ptsd has hijacked much of my life. The feeling that life is irrelevant,pointless, hopeless is one I deal with most every day. It's just so nice to hear from others that I'm not crazy, lazy, or alone in this. Thank you all who have posted.