Posted by Poet on November 24, 2003, at 10:29:09
In reply to What was your childhood like?, posted by Elle2021 on November 24, 2003, at 0:43:32
There is a chain of emotional pain linking my childhood to my depression, social anxiety and bulimia. My parents emotionally neglected me and ignored my older brother emotionally and verbally abusing me and to a lesser extent my sister.
I blame myself for not getting the love and nurturing I needed and my therapist is trying hard to get me to stop saying I deserved what I got.
No one in my family knows I'm in therapy or on meds. My childhood taught me to trust no one.
I always had social anxiety, I hid in school, hated going to parties, etc. The depression started when I was in my late teens. I used food for comfort, which lead to the bulimia.
Lots of old threads on Poet the bulimic and troubles in therapy. I am a mess.
Poet
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