My PTSD
Disclaimer: If you feel you may be triggered by discussion of childhood abuse, sexual abuse, or anything akin to that, please know these are discussed in this post. I apologize in advance for the messy way this is written. This was difficult to write. A note before I begin: It should be clear after reading this I'm not trying to garner any female's adoration. There is a stigma attached to being a victim of physical/sexual/psychological abuse (of which I experienced all), and it does not make a woman want to be with a man. So, it's fortunate there is no woman in my life with whom I can share this at the moment. This is me — alone again — walking with God, inspecting and tending to the wounds of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) as well as other childhood trauma. The timing is good for God to deal with these childhood wounds. Reading about PTSD simply led to something larger (to be discussed in a future post), and, as they say in show business, "The show must go on .....