justaoifethings

I am one of the 75% of abuse victims that has no physical marks to prove it. I have been subject to emotional and mental abuse. I didn't know for a long time. Growing up, I thought it was normal. Though, today, I want to talk about the aftermath of emotional abuse, rather than my personal details. The aftermath leaves a broken person, even if we don't realise it. Abuse changes a person from the inside out. It changes fundamentally who you are. When I was very young, I was an outspoken, extroverted child. Then, due to abuse, I grew into an anxious, self depreciating child. Sometimes when you say emotional or mental abuse, people brush it off. "He didn't hit you?" "Well.. no.." "Then what could be have done that was so bad?" And that's a hard question to answer, after. You surpress memories, fuzz out details. The aftermath is greatly learning to come to terms with what happened. To learn to accept yourself. To accept that, yes, you ar