Am I allowed to start being upset and getting help for emotional abuse 3 years after it happened?

Yes! Your emotions and feelings are 100% valid and you deserve to be happy. If help is what feel you need then go get it, I hear you and I see you. helping yourself is the first step to being happy and you deserve it. Do not ever let anyone discourage you from bettering yourself for you. love yourself endlessly and you will find that from the ashes rises beauty. stay safe and stay healthy, put yourself first and trust where your heart takes you. you are valid, you are loved, you are strong, and you will do amazing things.

You are always allowed to feel upset about abuse, and you are always allowed to get help for it. It's okay that it took you three years to process it. A lot of times, abuse can take a long time to process. Getting help isn't easy, either. Sometimes it takes a long time to realize that it's an option, or to find the way that works for you, or to figure out how exactly to ask for help. But you're okay, no matter how long it took you. There isn't a time limit on realizing that you need help, and there isn't a time limit on recovery, either. You're okay. Get that help and be upset.

No one has any say on when you can start feeling upset when it comes to abuse. There is no timeline on when it's healthy to feel wronged for being abused. That is completely up to you. You have every right to feel upset for being emotionally abused. You were wronged for 3 years and nothing will change that. It's not your fault that you were abused and you shouldn't feel that you have to bottle it up because you're unsure if you're allowed to feel upset by it at this point in time. You are completely justified in being upset for being abused.

Of course, sometimes it happens while we are going through the abuse we somehow will be able to hold on to it and survive. But once we are free whatever we have suffered for this long will start to play on us. That's when we realize what all this we have suffered so far. So it's absolutely okay to get help after some years or whenever we feel like getting help. Getting help will also require us to open up about what all we have suffered sober have to ready for that as well. Some people gets that confidence only after some time. There is no time limit in getting help.

Absolutely! No matter how long it has been you are always valid for being upset and getting help, whatever it is, especially abuse. When I went through something like that, it took a lot of time for me to recognize the abuse for what it was, even thought the relationship was over and done with. It can take a long time to heal, especially when it's so difficult to even fully admit and recognize the situation for what it is/was. You're getting through some of the hardest parts - asking questions and reaching out. Nobody needs to give you permission to reach out for support, ever. Needing or wanting help is enough.

There is no time for one to ask for help. You can start getting help for something that happened even 10 years ago. Once you realise that a thing is affecting you, you can start receiving help from anyone. One of the most important thing while receiving help is that you realise the importance of it and act accordingly, you cannot be helped unless you are willing to help yourself first, here by helping yourself it means asking for it. And coming back to the being upset part, it is okay to feel emotions and feel them very strongly. You cannot control when and how a memory starts affecting you.

You are always allowed to be upset about abuse. It does not matter whether it was emotional or physical or mental and it does not matter if it was 30 or more years ago or if it was 10 seconds ago. It is always okay to be upset and it is always okay to get help! It is never too late to start getting help for emotional or physical trauma that you have endured. I would encourage you to go get help and not wait or worry about what other people might think. You are the expert on you. You are the only one who knows what is best for you.

you're absolutely allowed to be upset when you need to be. Emotions are valid in and of themselves. And getting help, I'm proud of you for getting help after things happened. Even if it's 3 years after the fact, it coudl be the time itself is a healer in a sense that it's given you enough distance to confront what you experienced so that you're able to go ahead and focus on getting better. It sounds like you're focusing on getting better instead of staying bitter or angry about what happened. These steps may be small but the small steps do add up for greater things!

Yes, you are. Sometimes people tend to feel numb after things just happened and that’s okay. It’s never too late to get help. It’s actually a good thing that you’ve decided to get help so don’t worry about it. You made a good choice. You probably didn’t know this before but trying to forget what happened without even processing it can’t have a bad effect on you! So, it’s okay if you took 3 years. What matters is that you are finally confronting it and you are doing something about it. So, good luck! I know you can do this :)❤️.

You are absolutely allowed to get help for any kind of abuse after ANY length of time. Sometimes it takes a while for it to really sink in and to realize 1. That it actually happened and it was abuse and 2. The impact it has had on them. Sometimes it takes decades for people to have a reaction to an experience they had, there is no time limit on the effects of trauma. It is never too late to address something that is having a negative impact on you and try to work through it to improve your well-being.