Thank you for sharing your story - it's true, the more folks hear the stories, the more they know they're not alone, and that it's All personal and legitimate.

The talking about it and the sharing stories also helps to move beyond the shame and stuff that supresses it. I had a friend who recently told me her story, and how she couldn't tell her therapist cuz it showed how awful she was. Finally she told the therapist recently, and it's starting to be something she has a vocabulary for, an awful and bad Thing survived, and not just her awful secret. Part of what got her there was hearing friend's experiences, too. <3