Wonderfully written Jenny.

I had trouble not just highlighting the whole lot of it!

This was a piece that I felt as well as read.

I'm also in the process of working through and emerging from - with a lot of compound trauma and a dirty great big 'blackhole' way back in my early years which emits fear and panic like shockwaves (and I know influenced every other thing that happened in my life too).

Thank you for sharing your own story of survival and growth, it's good to connect with others working on similar issues.