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Need some tips for coping with past school trauma

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At Primary School I always felt different.  I didn't understand why I couldn't play with others.  I knew the others found me odd. I also didn't have a diagnosis until I got to high school so me nor my parents knew.  I think I buried the pain for a long long time but recently it's started to really affect me.   I felt so alone.  I remember sitting on a bench in the playground watching everyone laughing and having fun and I couldn't join it.  I still feel alone.

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  • This will probably sound pathetic. 48 years on from leaving school the bullying still affects me. I've mentioned it online more than a few times,but only recently opened up to my care coordinator come depot nurse. I saw physical and sexual abuse as trauma, and that it would be out of order seeing bullying as traumatic. However after I'd spoken a few sentences my cc come dn said 'bullying related trauma' .

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    Unknown said:
    48 years on from leaving school the bullying still affects me.

    Trauma lasts a lifetime if you don't work through it with therapy. It can have an insidious influence on you many decades on as you are finding.

    If you can afford it, I can heartily recommend therapy as you will probably find other traumas in your past that have been blocked off to your concious memory and dealing with these can bring a remarkable improvement in your quality of life.

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    Unknown said:
    48 years on from leaving school the bullying still affects me.

    Trauma lasts a lifetime if you don't work through it with therapy. It can have an insidious influence on you many decades on as you are finding.

    If you can afford it, I can heartily recommend therapy as you will probably find other traumas in your past that have been blocked off to your concious memory and dealing with these can bring a remarkable improvement in your quality of life.

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