I'm just realizing that I have C-PTSD
This got kind of long. I'm not the best at communicating this stuff.
I'm just realizing that I actually have C-PTSD after blowing off the doctors and psychiatrists who tried to diagnose me years ago. I always knew that I had a *** childhood, but I always treated it as a fun story to tell. Now, at the age of 20, it's sinking in that that was my life.
I'm living with the effects it had on my mind in the long run after years of denying the impact. I always said that the way my brother and mom treated me was a reflection of them, because they were the ones doing it, so my identity wasn't affected at all. Wrong. I can't get my childhood back, and I feel like I'm stuck in the past now more than ever.
I had another traumatic experience in high school involving SA, and I was also bullied in high school for that situation. It basically ruined me, and now I can't hold down any friendships. Most of my friendships and romantic relationships ended in more drama, and I'm just paralyzed.
I'm lonely and only have 2 friends, my dad and my boyfriend, but the thought of trying to go out there and make new friends terrifies me. I feel like it'll end with me being the villain all over again, because I'm always the therapy friend who gets dropped and called a burden when they need support. It also doesn't help that one of those 2 friends is the guy who SA'd me. I forgave him because it was complicated and we are best friends, but my feelings are all over the place. I don't think anyone really understands what it was like between us, and outside judgement makes me sink my heels in about it.
Sorry for the rant. It just feels like most of my life has been one traumatic situation after the other. I wish I could summarize everything into one concise post, but there's so much, and I feel like I'm drowning now that my life is peaceful. It's all catching up to me. A lot of the abuse was emotional and now my emotions are haywire with it gone.