I hope I'm not alone

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Am I enough?
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Joined: June 28th, 2017, 9:41 pm
Gender: Female
Issues: Anorexia, OCD, GAD, BPD, Depression
Sexual abuse
emotional abuse
preferred pronoun: she

I hope I'm not alone

Post by Am I enough? »

Hi I'm new here.

I listen to the podcast so I can feel like I have a friend.

I feel so alone in my struggle.

I have struggled with mental illness ever since I can remember. These names don't really capture my pain but I have suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder, Anorexia, OCD, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PTSD. I've also been sexually abused by my dad and my grandpa. My mum suffered from Depression when I was a baby and neglected me. My dad is terrifying and abused all of my family.
I have been in intense therapy many times in the last ten years. I am lucky to have the most amazing treatment team.
I am currently in therapy and this time I feel like I am working through some of the hardest trauma.

I don't know if anyone else feels like this but I seem to have emotional flashbacks from when I was a baby and when I have these I feel like I'm going to die. I cry and yearn for a mum to care for me but no one comes for me.
I feel like a baby who has been left in a gutter.

It's such an overwhelming feeling and consumes me completely.
I am working through this with my therapist but I have attached to her so much that I can't bare the times I am apart. I feel like my therapist is my mum and I wish she was my mum. It's such a tormenting situation because she can't be my mum and I can only see her for one hour a week.
So for the rest of the week I feel unbearably alone, like a baby with no mum.
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Beany Boo
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Post by Beany Boo »

Hey Am I enough, welcome.
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Post by manuel_moe_g »

Welcome to the forum, "Am I enough?" All the best to you. Keep the lines of communication open :)
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hobojungle
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Issues: Depression. Anxiety. Agoraphobia. Possible ASD.
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Post by hobojungle »

Welcome enough, you are moving in a positive direction.
I am acceptable; you are acceptable.
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