Comments on: Have You Ever Felt Like You Were a Mistake? https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/08/22/have-you-ever-felt-like-you-were-a-mistake/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rachel Grant https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/08/22/have-you-ever-felt-like-you-were-a-mistake/#comment-20251 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:07:03 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=249321#comment-20251 In reply to Elizabeth Woods.

Thank you for sharing Elizabeth. It’s so shitty when we are given messages about our worth and value the undercut our sense of self and make us feel so unwanted. I think, despite the cruelty of your parents, you were very much meant to be on this earth (as you indeed did arrive!). I love that you’ve set boundaries for yourself that create the space for you to choose the life the you want!

]]> By: Elizabeth Woods https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/08/22/have-you-ever-felt-like-you-were-a-mistake/#comment-20081 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:27:53 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=249321#comment-20081 Hi Rachel, thanks for this article. I know exactly how you felt but I’m still not over it. I’m not sure I ever will. My parents both reminded me of how I was unwanted right from when the condom broke. (Sorry TMI) but that is what I heard all the time. I was definitely not meant to be alive and so I treasure my time on this earth more. I choose life the way I want it to be and I cut everyone out since I was so unwanted. Not regretted it. I wish I had done it sooner!

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