“I’m guessing there’s a time in each child’s life where the things said are immortalized in their subconscious. Regardless of the reason they were told to me–to make me strong; to make me fight; to make me prove myself, the effect has been devastating.

My conscious mind is able to process and understand the reason, but my little girl brain that heard it still just can’t get past it. I was never beaten. I was never witness to horrific abuse. But I was told those words over and over again.”

Source: Stuff Nobody Says