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When I was in kindergarten a boy I knew was at the fountain and i said hi and he heard a teacher coming so he got extremely scared and tried to pull me into the boys restroom, I pulled away and went to the girl’s room and I had went into a stall and heard… Read more

!Possible trigger warning! I had a pretty intense flashback the other night. I’ve been reading this book and there was this *almost* rape. Then the main antagonist comes in and saves the girl and all that good stuff. So I’m sitting there, reading and enjoying football in the background and I get to this scene… Read more

When I was 9, my parents divorced. It turned out my dad had been cheating on my mom with a woman who worked for him. She had 3 kids with 3 different men, two of which were adults living away from home and one son who was 15 or 16 at the time. Let’s call… Read more

It’s Wednesday again.  I have so much trouble getting started in the session that I wrote out what was bothering me beforehand and then I read it in there.  Of course, first I was late, and then we talked about Thanksgiving and stuff and I was feeling the time sliding by and sliding by and… Read more

I recently told my story of abuse for the first time on this site and it’s helped me so much in not feeling as alone! I’ve been considering disclosing my abuse to my dad but I’m really struggling to figure out how to broach the subject. I’m not sure I’ll be able to face him… Read more

I saw Angela on Wedneday, as usual.  I had trouble focusing during the EMDR.  She would ask what I felt in my body, and I would say my arms are heavy, she would say focus on the heaviness, and I’d try to, but I don’t know.  I finally told her I was a little more… Read more

For background, a year and a half ago I ended a 7.5 year long relationship with my ex, who had been abusive and had told me that he would force me if I ever said no to him. So I spent all those years too afraid to say no, even though I generally didn’t want… Read more

For those who have read my stories, especially my last few after leaving my ex, I have a serious question.. Am I abusive for slapping my boyfriend (ex) out of self defense make me abusive, too? I need to know.. I just wanted to be left alone to calm my nerves down, but he kept… Read more

I had a mostly normal childhood, I guess. There was one dark area of my life I kept hidden for a long time. I had great parents, they split up when I was 15 but had a great relationship even afterwards and I never felt like either of them missed out on part of my… Read more