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#641 A "Holy Sh*t" Childhood - Kristine Kimmel

Mental Illness Happy Hour

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The Shame and Secret Survey

William says that he was raised in a totally chaotic environment and the victim of sexual abuse some stuff happened but I don't know if it counts. His mother was an anxious paranoid religious nut with boatloads of trauma left unprocessed she found Jesus as an adult and really took a nose dive into being a cold judgmental c**p. William's therapist recognized that several of his triggers are common signs of having been sexually abused. He started having panic attacks around age eight and was promptly given clonopin twice a day until he was 17.

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