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Pawsey

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    I am also a new member

    in Public: Welcome!

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    @tshirt40 hi there and welcome.

    This is an amazingly supportive environment filled with people who understand each others in a way no others can. It is a place to seek understanding and support. I have made some great friends here and have found amazing support. I hope to have given it too.

    I have simalarish issues with my daughters. I spoke out for the first time, properly, last year. My daughters are adults now (24 and 18) and they went through so much when they were growing up due to my illnesses related to the trauma. I have now told them I was sexually abused in the workplace and about reporting to the police. I now wonder how much I should reveal to them. On the one hand, it would help them understand better, but on the other, I am their Mum and so worry about revealing to much (does that make sense). But I do want to tell them, to explain, so that they cam maybe try yo  understand why I behaved the way I sometimes did. I may share my story with them, not sure yet. So, I understand your situation.

    Oh, we do manage to laugh as well here though.

    Anyway, welcome.

    SurvIvor of 16 years

    in Public: Welcome!

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    Hi @SurvIvor<3 this is a great forum with lots of understanding and supportive people. You can talk freely here and get some great advice and understanding. We are all here for similar reasons, we all understand the emotions and mind set that sexual abuse brings. Our stories may differ but our understanding is the same. An understanding that is ours alone.

    Welcome :hug:

    Hi All, I’m new here

    in Public: Welcome!

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    Hi @D She

    i am a newish member and I think you will find you signed up. At first I was all over the place and didn’t know what I was doing but I have got into it now. There are so many people here to support you but you will probably find a small number number you gravitate too. At least I have. They are the ones you will bond with and who will help you most as you tell your story xx

    New here

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    I am new(ish) - not sure when I become "not new!". I am finding my way around the site and there is a lot of support here. It has taken me a while to get to grips with things and read through stuff, but the more I do the more I realise how helpful this forum is (will be). One thing I notice is that some people say "my stuff isn't as bad as other peoples". I think everyone's is different but equally bad, because it is THEIR experience and you can't compare it to anyone else. It may not SEEM as bad as other people, but it is bad to you or you wouldn't be here. Don't underestimate the trauma you have been through. I think that we (as a group) probably underestimate our own trauma because it doesn't seem as bad. Sorry, I am going off tangent here. Thing is - there is lots of ways we can have been hurt, and have been, and all our stories are different, but just as significant.

    I am very glad to have found this site and and glad I am growing in confidence to use it. My first post was a bit OTT, all guns blazing, and it got moved (too much info). 

    You will be glad you found the site too and will find buckets of support.

    xx

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