AngelBea

Hi Ro, I'm new here too but wanted to extend my welcome, I'm mainly a lurker so far but AS is a really supportive environment- you've definitely come to the right place. I really admire your strength and determination to not give up. You'll get there- and as JenKitty says, you've made the first and most important step by joining Look forward to 'talking' to you! Xxx AB xxX

Thank you Jen- and Cuchulainn that does make me feel a great deal better. I think the question of whether what I experienced constituted as 'abuse' is what has help me back for all this time. I was known as a child to fabricate, exagerrate or downright lie in order to seek attention and I often wondered if my mind had played tricks onme, if I had perhaps exaggerated events as a justification for the overwhelming spectrum of emotions I experienced or if I had made it into something it wasn't in order to gain sympathy or attention. But realising that this hasn't gone away after 7 years- and tha

Thank you so much for your replies and John, I really understand what you're saying about the importance of communication, and this is something I will be really working on. It was a conversation with my fiance that prompted me to come online today and seek some form of help or support... despite him being as understanding and patient as he can, I can't help but feel as though hearing me talk about what has happened to me in the past really hurts him and when I see him whince at the sound of my words, I know he wants to help but he feels helpless that he can't change what has happened. In some

Hello, I'm *Bea*, I'm 22 and currently living in Wales. I've stumbled across this forum and spent most of my morning reading through the various forums and really hope you won't mind me joining you. I could really do with the support, or at least just knowing I'm not alone. This seems like a wonderful community and you must all give eahc other so much strength. My 'experience' was 7 years ago at the age of 15 and I've never really had the chance to deal with it, to talk to anybody properly or move on. I suffered from severe depression as a result in my late teens, accumulating in self harm