lakewhut – yes, anxiety for sure. The trust issue is highly destructive long term as well and the skewed view of touch, relationships, role of authority, destroyed sense of self worth and the overall lack of safety. There is also the compounded and even more traumatic results of not being believed by the people you go to for help. This has been documentated by some as the more destructive component of the whole tragedy. Many who received awful abuse but received support and validation survived where others didn’t. I have seen this to be true among those I know personally as well.
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