Hello everyone.
It's strange how things happen.
I really felt it was time for me to come back here, but I wasn't entirely sure why.
The big change for me is that I am going through withdrawal from years of antidepressant treatment.
It's bringing up an awful lot,of things, but I think I am doing quite well.
As a result of this process, I looked at my NHS records, which are available through an app. I wanted to see when exactly I started medication. I found out it was in 2002, but for some reason, I carried on scrolling. The last entry was dated 1978, and just said "Victim of child abuse".
Since the death of my husband in 2019, I have gradually built a connection with my parents. Much of this has been down to my acceptance that, firstly, I was a very difficult child, and secondly that my husband was a very difficult man. Both true.
But, I presume, as long ago as 1978, the family GP, in a completely different practice, stated that I was the victim of child abuse. I was 12 years old, and would never have been to the GP without my parents. What was this based on, I wonder.
Does anyone have any ideas what, if anything, I can do with this information? I wonder if I could find out any more details.
I'm actually quite mind blown, but don't really know if I should be. After all, I always knew that I was abused.
If anyone has any observations, really would like to hear them.
Best wishes to everybody on this long, hard journey.
It's strange how things happen.
I really felt it was time for me to come back here, but I wasn't entirely sure why.
The big change for me is that I am going through withdrawal from years of antidepressant treatment.
It's bringing up an awful lot,of things, but I think I am doing quite well.
As a result of this process, I looked at my NHS records, which are available through an app. I wanted to see when exactly I started medication. I found out it was in 2002, but for some reason, I carried on scrolling. The last entry was dated 1978, and just said "Victim of child abuse".
Since the death of my husband in 2019, I have gradually built a connection with my parents. Much of this has been down to my acceptance that, firstly, I was a very difficult child, and secondly that my husband was a very difficult man. Both true.
But, I presume, as long ago as 1978, the family GP, in a completely different practice, stated that I was the victim of child abuse. I was 12 years old, and would never have been to the GP without my parents. What was this based on, I wonder.
Does anyone have any ideas what, if anything, I can do with this information? I wonder if I could find out any more details.
I'm actually quite mind blown, but don't really know if I should be. After all, I always knew that I was abused.
If anyone has any observations, really would like to hear them.
Best wishes to everybody on this long, hard journey.