US EditionDEAR ABBY: Years of horrific abuse have required a lifetime of recovery
- The author reports enduring 44 years of abuse from their mother, including physical, emotional, and sexual mistreatment, which ended around age 17, in Ohio.
- The abuse began early and included the mother's allowance of others' harm, while sexual abuse stopped when the author was 12 and physical abuse ceased after they fought back at 17.
- Despite the mother's death in 2013, her emotional abuse persisted until then, and the author's children are now cold and have difficulty understanding the effects of this lifetime trauma.
- The author currently sees mental health professionals for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression, and borderline personality disorder, which doctors attribute to this prolonged abuse.
- The author struggles with unresolved trauma, emphasizing that one cannot simply "get over" abuse starting before a child can walk, and suggests family therapy might help children understand this legacy.
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Toronto Sun
The Indiana Gazette OnlineDEAR ABBY: Years of horrific abuse have required a lifetime of recovery
DEAR ABBY: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline personality disorder. According to my doctors, my psychiatric disorders are a result of the 44 years of abuse I received from my mother, as well as the abuse she allowed others to inflict on me.
Dear Abby: Woman wishes her children could understand that years of abuse require a lifetime of recovery
DEAR ABBY: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline personality disorder. According to my doctors, my psychiatric disorders are a result of the 44 years of abuse I received from my mother, as well as the abuse she allowed others to inflict on me.
DEAR ABBY: Years of abuse have required a lifetime of recovery
DEAR ABBY: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline personality disorder. According to my doctors, my psychiatric disorders are a result of the 44 years of abuse I received from my mother,…
The Berkshire Eagle
The Post and CourierYears of horrific abuse have required a lifetime of recovery
DEAR ABBY: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline personality disorder. According to my doctors, my psychiatric disorders are a result of the 44 years of abuse I received from my mother,…
Charleston Gazette-Mail
New Hampshire Union LeaderDear Abby: Years of horrific abuse have required a lifetime of recovery
Dear Abby: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline personality disorder. According to my doctors, my psychiatric disorders are a result of the 44 years of abuse I received from my mother,…
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