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I'm a Survivor of Abuse, I've Done This and I Feel Like a Fraud
I think imposter survivor imposter syndrome is part of it. People write to me guiltily saying no one ever touched me, no one ever even beat me. But I was very frightened for five years. I sobbed myself to sleep and was teased for all that time. And they have lifelong psychological problems as a result of it. It's the fact of the abuse, the withdrawal of love and safety to children. The end result in terms of mental health problems seems to be the same for women and for men as well. There's so much guilt and shame involved in this and all that is not the fault of the small children who these adults prayed upon. Do you know what I