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Dear Peggyella: Hello there one of my fellow sufferers. You will make it because you are trying. To me it seems to never go away completely. Time does help. I grew up from infancy with mistreatmemt, starvation, never ever was told I was loved, never given a kiss but instead I was told how ugly I was, how stupid crazy and insane. Belittled at home and the worst, in public. So many different and ugly ways. And also beaten, many, many, many times. I am sure there are many others of us who have been treated even worse than I. Now, going on age 82 time has helped. Of course I have realized this many years age. It slowly gets better each year. There are many triggers that bring the old suffering to the surface again. Over and over. But, as I have said before, you are trying and anytime you can help a person, an animal, a plant do this. You are helping yourself as well as the other and this makes you loved by many, many others. With love, Peach .
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@peach414144, @peggyella- Good morning. You both have braved through terrible abuse and I am amazed at the strength that you both have shared. I agree, by the way, that parts of our history never leaves us. I will always, always look for approval and love to replace my neediness from childhood. I want to know so much and research constantly so that I wont be thought of as stupid. The awful weight that is dumped on all of us is abominable.
As adults we react to our memories of these unnecessary abuses and react to them differently as we did when we were actually in them. But the memories can still cut us to the quick. My being a volunteer mentor on Connect has helped me beyond measurement. Reaching out to extend a hand, a shoulder are miracle "drugs" for those giving and those receiving. Thank you. You also bring up excellent points, that emotions can cause irreparable harm to our bodies, reduce our immune systems and almost cripple us. But we can all persevere. Thank you for sharing your incredible hope. I is a gift for everyone!
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Hello, Peach. You’re so sweet. Thank you for your encouragement. I won’t ever be 100% over it. Life isn’t easy. No child, or even an adult, can be abused and completely whole... maybe 99% until we’re with our Lord where there’s no more suffering. But at least I’m 90% better emotionally than I used to be. It’s been a long journ’ey to healing from my past. Sometimes it feels like my life has lasted too long. But I find joy every day. That’s not just a cliche, I really do. My physical pain isn’t so much fun, but as long as I wake up with breath in my lungs, I’ll stay on this journey and reach out to others with all that’s within me. God bless you, sweet lady. Love, Peggy 🙏💖