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thank you for sharing your story. mine is different, but the emotions resonate all the same. trauma is complicated, and you described it perfectly. i feel like trauma is only seen as real when it is extreme, when it is obvious. but most of the time, it is quiet and just leaves you empty. it is done through social pressures and in subtle ways that blur lines. most of the time, it is questioned how much of a victim you really are, regardless of how you feel. really, how guilty is the offender? everyone makes mistakes, everyone miscommunicates. then you question yourself. it is always about making the person who hurt you feel better, and that you need to let things go. it is a painful, endless cycle. it is even harder when the people that have done the most damage are close to you, and people you cannot easily leave behind, if at all.