Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

[livingwith]

I am writing in hopes that at least one person will read this entry and learn from my experience.
I am 48 yrs old and I am a registered nurse. My earliest childhood memory is being sexually abused, not once but several times over the course of a summer. When I started to talk about it I was in my 40’s. My mother told me this awful person had been incarcerated for doing the same to others. Without me realizing it, the tragedy of this event laid the foundation for my adult life. I am a survi...Read the full article

[EggShell]

Dear Penny,

Thanks for sharing your story. Please don't be hard on yourself for how your life has gone so far. You have survived abuse at very young age, a time of life when we are all so vulnerable. You have managed to hold it together and even become a healing person! Congratulations on making it through until now and getting strong enough to seek help.