Oh yes. My therapist today asked what ages was I abused from? I asked her to specify which abuse? And also my entire life, so not sure I can really answer that.

How many of us grew up to continue being abused as adults? Like we have a tattoo on our foreheads that reads "Totally damaged person here! Come do more harm!"

And then there's the self-medicating with drugs, alcohol, cutting, and other risky behaviors. Why? Partly because nobody taught us better and partly because we have to numb out all the terrible shit somehow. But also the opposite of that, where we get fucking bored out of our skulls when shit is peaceful because that is so far out of the ordinary we can't handle it, and if you're like me you create chaos in one way or another.

So yes, I can absolutely say my entire life, from birth until now at 39 years old, has been one giant clusterfuck of abuse.