I experience Post traumatic Stress Disorder known as (PTSD) from living through an abusive chilldhood.?

Question

Throughout my childhood I have lived with an abusive psychotic father and mother who decided to have a large "family" of 8 which was a reenactment of the father's childhood. His childhood was dirt poor, a large number of brothers and sisters who were suposedly brought up in the christian faith and who later turned out to be a bunch of munipulating, coning welfare cases. The father who's name is Phillip Collin Galey, was a drunk who obsessed over control, and power he was most munipulative and believed the landlord was the devil and and so he made me and my brothers and sisters live out of vehicles parked on other peoples property. The mothers name is Terry Evon Porter. I remember times as a young child on up to the age of 16 being locked in a metal dairy out in the woods for hours he stand over forcing me in finally he would lock saying, Now you understand what happens when people defy the lords helper. So later on I disowned the whole and see a psychologist once a week for nightmares,

Answer 1

I see that you had an awful chilhood, but what's the question?

Answer 2

Hi, Joseph F.

I don't know if it is at all comforting for you to know that you are far from alone when it comes to living through this kind of childhood. Its good that you put their names on here. I suspect what may help you is for you to know that other people know how these people treated you. There's nothing worse than feeling like someone has done something awful to you and just gotten away with it.

Its very sensible of you to see a psychologist. It is possible for people to get past their childhoods and build a life for themselves that is what a life ought to be. These days there is more understanding than ever before about PTSD. I think, too, if you can get so you have the kind of life that gives you some genuinely happy times some of the nice memories you make now can help push away some of the bad ones, so you won't notice them as much.

Try not to let the bad things in your childhood (or the people who created them) take more away from you than they already have. Try to remember that you are still the same person. You made it through some rough times, but you're still you; and now you can build the life you deserve.

Try to remember, too, that so much child abuse is the result of ignorance or mental illness; and try to forgive your parents. They couldn't help it if they were ignorant or mentally ill.

Chances are if you can talk to the psychologist about all the little things and big things you've felt emotionally over a period of time you'll be able to get to the root of whatever it is that is causing your nightmares.

Best wishes. Remember that you're a strong person and that no matter how bad it was there are people who have overcome childhoods that were even worse.

Answer 3

So sorry about your childhood experiences.
That was then, Now is now, the past is gone. Do not be defined by PTSD. You can overcome. I am not certain the meetings with the psychologist is (all) good. Not all phychologist are good. It may even be the cause of your trauma, if having to revisit the details of a horrid past every week. Sometimes there are things that we need to forget......


My suggestion??...Develop a core group of friends and a better social life. You may also find that volunteering in an organization helping forster children would be theraputic.

Forget the horrible and create fond memories that you will revisit in remeness...I wish you all the best.

Answer 4

Well whats the question ? At any rate we all suffer from some traumatice stress in our lives. Some just handle it differently. We only have your word to go on about your childhood and there's always 2 sides to every story. So go to your shrink and figure things out, we don't need to hear about it.

Answer 5

I'm sorry to hear you've had such a sad life.