I have heard it said that 'if you want to destroy an adult, then abuse them as a child'. It can happen for sure, the pain and physiological damage can be all consuming. But it CAN be different it CAN be better. We all have the capacity to grow and to change as individuals. Life will go on and we can survive. The strongest most stoical people I know are survivors like me, we have to become that way.
I once thought I would never recover from my past, never see a normal life, never have kids or well, become somebody. With my teenage years spent self harming and on a path of complete self destruction, those were hard days.
Cognitive behavioural therapy helped so much, four years of dredging up the past, reliving some of the most painful memories that no 6 year old child should have to endure. I came out the other side reborn, stronger and able to analyse myself and cope with challenging situations. I know things will never be totally perfect, I will always be a worrier. If things are going well then something bad is bound to happen right? An echo from my abusive past. Life is never perfect, of course things go wrong, it's just about dealing with them in the right way. If there is a problem in your life, we all have the ability to change it if we try. Sometimes we need help that is ok. Talk, talk and talk some more, don't be afraid, if you feeling sad or worried share those feelings don't let them bottle up inside you.
No one can take away my past but my future is in my own hands now
.http://www.napac.org.uk/
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