Thanks. 8 years of being bullied (with the first 3 years consisting of beatings and the latter 5 years consisting of psychological bullying) certainly did leave

Thanks. 8 years of being bullied (with the first 3 years consisting of beatings and the latter 5 years consisting of psychological bullying) certainly did leave scars. The most obvious were regular nightmares. The less obvious was a coping mechanism where I would pretend that anything bad did not actually happen to avoid facing it. I do not think I ever fully grew out of that one. There are probably others, but I am not fully cognizant of them.