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Childhood Mental Illness * Major TW*

Marigold357 October 4th, 2021

Hey y'all, major major trigger warning for this story. Please take care of yourselves. I can't share at home, so I thought this might help. I don't know. Sometimes it feels like I never got a childhood. I had my first panic attack at eight years old. I got hit and beat up all the time at school, and I would have panic attacks in the bathroom. I thought I was dying. At nine, I started self harming out of the pressure and panic and guilt. When I was ten, I got an eating disorder due to the bullying and self loathing I felt. I restricted and lost so much weight. I could count all my ribs and got dizzy walking between classes. At eleven I attempted suicide for the first time. Eleven years old, and I thought death was the best option. At twelve I was r*ped. They, three, chased me down. I tried to fight, but two of them held me down. At thirteen I tried again. At fourteen, I tried again. At fifteen I got my scars from sh. At sixteen my eating disorder came back. I'm ten months clean from sh now, but im still struggling with trauma and flashbacks. I dont know what to do, but I thought sharing might help. It just feels like I’m broken, that no one will want me in the future because of it, once they figure out what all happened.

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W4nderingsoul October 5th, 2021

@Marigold357

You have experienced a lot and I hear how much pain you hold.

Please know that what happened to you doesn't define you. Instead of seeing yourself as broken, that what you are going through are normal reactions to trauma.

Congratulations on being SH free for 10 months, keep fighting and take it a day at a time.

I hope writing and sharing is helping.