[forever_young14]

An incident that happened a few weeks ago that completely opened my eyes to the emotional and physical abuse from my parents that my brother (19) and I (20) have suffered growing up. I always avoided thinking about what had happened in the past, and if I did think about it I always thought I was making too big a deal of it and feeling sorry for myself, as my father had never actually broken any bones. I haven’t until the last couple of weeks put two and two together and seen how massively it has affected and shaped me.
I just want to get over it all and its effects, and get on with my life. I don’t want to ignore it and have it affect the rest of my life. I don’t know how to though. I’ve spoken about it to a friend a bit, and written a long thing for myself about it and don’t know what else to do. It just hurts a lot and I want it to go away!
Any tips (bar lots of alcohol!) on how to get over it? I can ignore it and forget it at times but that doesn’t seem like healing!