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Where have you moved to that you feel most comfortable with your PTSD?

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What the fuck am I trying to prove by still living with them? That they’ll change? That I’ll finally have the family I deserve to make up for the years I was traumatized? That I can finally be normal like other people and stop pretending like I’m a well rounded individual with healthy family ties?

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I convinced myself that if I was stronger as a kid with more boundaries, despite being conditioned not to, I wouldn’t be so damaged with PTSD. I would be like the other kids who set a goal to leave after high school and went no contact. I didn’t think I’d make it to 19. I made no future plans.

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I’ve lived my life in a shame spiral like it was my moral obligation

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Where have you moved to that you feel most comfortable with your PTSD?	126
What the fuck am I trying to prove by still living with them? That they’ll change? That I’ll finally have the family I deserve to make up for the years I was traumatized? That I can finally be normal like other people and stop pretending like I’m a well rounded individual with healthy family ties?	22
I convinced myself that if I was stronger as a kid with more boundaries, despite being conditioned not to, I wouldn’t be so damaged with PTSD. I would be like the other kids who set a goal to leave after high school and went no contact. I didn’t think I’d make it to 19. I made no future plans.	13
I’ve lived my life in a shame spiral like it was my moral obligation	9