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CatWatching222
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Emotionally abused by parents, still trying to understand it
Trauma Support / by CatWatching222
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 March 17th, 2015
...See more My therapists have said that I was emotionally abused by my mother, and I still have a hard time considering her actions abuse, but things keep coming back that make me think maybe it was abuse. She yelled a lot about everything and the worst part I remembered in the past year was that I used to see her as two separate beings, one was my mom, and the other was a monster with eyes that were always filled with rage, that would just stare right through you as she yelled. I'm 29, and only realized a year ago when it happened again - that I saw her as the angry one - that I realized I had mentally split her into two beings a long time ago. For some reason I can not move past this. I am not sure if anyone here knows what I am talking about. I feel like I can't trust anyone ever and I've had therapists say it's because I couldn't trust my mom. I want to get past it and be able to have healthy relationships with people but I can't seem to do that. Can anyone relate?
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