So I had a lot of support and worked hard and was able to learn how to take care of myself and build an okay life for myself. The biggest thing for me was finishing school and starting to work and support myself. That was my goal for many years. I have that now, and I have worked through a lot of the abuse issues (definitely not all!), but I'm still very isolated. I don't have many friends, I spend a lot of time alone. I'm not very good at connecting with people irl.
I don't have a lot of contact with most of my immediate family bc of the abuse, and other reasons. This is still painful for me and one of my biggest challenges is just letting myself feel that when I need to- the grief over it all.
I was in another forum for abuse survivors a long time ago, and it shut down, and I really missed it. Unfortunately there are things that we all can share and understand that others can't, and I missed being part of a community.
Other things about me I dunno, I am very active physically and that has helped me to stay grounded. I like watching sports- mostly basketball and baseball. I'm Canadian. But I don't like hockey ironically
in someone's night.
if ok 
