This. We cant get over our traumas because they are ingrained with who we are. This is the first article I read that actually made me tear up bc basically everyone is like "get over it", and "You were saved" Like that excuses the fact I had emotional abuse and my sibling tried to strangle me over something stupid that I don't even remember fighting about- and being told I deserved it was the worst part. (none of that excuses the stuff I went through). Also being told my natural mom didnt' even want me by a former DSP once was the worst and being told I "cant have PTSD because I always knew I was adopted" also my adopter calls me "the boy who cries wolf" because I am basically a question mark medically. Like how am I supposed to know what's going on with me when I have no history?!
Hi Jacky, I am so very sorry how you have been treated. I have noticed recently, how many of us are treated this way, as if it's such a simple choice to turn trauma off, pretend like our beginnings don't matter, and we're not up against the world from the moment we breathe our first breath. You deserve better, and we all deserve better! You certainly aren't alone! Sending you lots of love! <3
This. We cant get over our traumas because they are ingrained with who we are. This is the first article I read that actually made me tear up bc basically everyone is like "get over it", and "You were saved" Like that excuses the fact I had emotional abuse and my sibling tried to strangle me over something stupid that I don't even remember fighting about- and being told I deserved it was the worst part. (none of that excuses the stuff I went through). Also being told my natural mom didnt' even want me by a former DSP once was the worst and being told I "cant have PTSD because I always knew I was adopted" also my adopter calls me "the boy who cries wolf" because I am basically a question mark medically. Like how am I supposed to know what's going on with me when I have no history?!
Hi Jacky, I am so very sorry how you have been treated. I have noticed recently, how many of us are treated this way, as if it's such a simple choice to turn trauma off, pretend like our beginnings don't matter, and we're not up against the world from the moment we breathe our first breath. You deserve better, and we all deserve better! You certainly aren't alone! Sending you lots of love! <3