Nancy, our lives are very similar. I was adopted by the same exact type of family. My mother sexually abused me for the first 8 years of my life. She tried to drown me twice. She is a Narcissist Personality Disordered person. The emotional, psychological and physical abuse gave me a similar outcome. I have D.I.D., C-PTSD, depression and addiction as well. I finally went no contact with my family and my life continues to get better. I am sober 8 years now and recovery has been amazing. I just want you to know you are not alone. I don't know if you will ever read these comments, but I send you love and light.

@saythankyou111

Жыл бұрын

…..sounds familiar..🕊

@feliciamarte3031

6 ай бұрын

My God Almighty bless you you should be sooo proud of yourself I hope you have also found God ❤️🌈❤️

@constancemccoy6931

Ай бұрын

God bless you.

I once read the lines: Insanity is a sane reaction to an insane world.

They have proven trauma can begin in the womb, what a rejected life this poor woman has led. You can only get rejected so many times before you give up, so I don't blame her. She is a survivor. God bless her.

Trauma needs to be addressed: processed, worked through and healed from. This is the only way.

Nancy Ross is a veteran and i thank her for her service.

You don't always need to be adopted. Sometime your natural parents and family can be just as cold.

@alvildasophiaanaya-alegria8419

6 ай бұрын

Mine were. I was raped by my father son I was a baby.

@rachelwickersham7834

2 ай бұрын

Yes, mine were

How she gets emotional whenever someone touches her with empathy, is so heartbreaking. It’s that little child crying in the crib looking out the door, longing to be held…. I’m so heartbroken for her but at the same time I know she’s strong and I wish her all the best 💖🙏

WOW! I’m not former military but your story is me in so many ways. I’m 61 yo, a mother, a grandmother. I’m alive and living my best life, whatever that means. I’m a survivor and not a victim anymore. I’m not perfect. I still mess up things. But I’m here and I don’t hurt my body nor my mind anymore. One second turned into one minute turned into one hour and so on at a time. ❤❤❤

Nancy, thank you for your service. Thank you for being incredibly brave to share your story!

This was so emotionally raw. Nancy is a Strong, Wise Amazing woman.

Nancy, Sweet Soul, thank You for sharing, I needed this. You may have just saved My life. So much trauma. You know You aren't stupid. My (huge, Christian -"Preachers" & all)family turned on Me when I spoke up. They asked the Courts to keep Me. They let my stepbrother abuse Me, then I was having "unclean thoughts", he denied it, and they told Me*, "shame on you". Wow. I realized at 11 yrs old that I only would ever have Me in this world. But I also have other survivors like You ❤️‍🔥. I don't talk to them anymore. And they shunned Me with every new bad thing my "mother" told them...lies and half-truths is what I get from them so I don't bother. They abandoned Me the day I told them as a little girl, scared...so alone. 🙏Praying for Us🥰✝️🕊️

My God, what a life this woman has had. I pray she finds the peace and solace she deserves after enduring so much. This movie was made in 2017. I wonder how she's doing now. I hope she's doing well.

@marycooper8385

Жыл бұрын

will give you the strength and mercy no matter what life throws at you. He is in control

@marycooper8385

Жыл бұрын

You are loved Nancy I pray you have found some peace and solace I can't imagine what all you have been through . I am a beleiver in the underdog and how we do go on and God is working in your life in ways you aren't aware of . God loves you and he will not let you down he is always there by your side

@jennifermullin6258

7 ай бұрын

@@marycooper8385 Amen. Thank You!🫂🗝️💖

Thank you, fairy-creature-lady-girl. For sharing your story. Sorry your heart had been so badly broken before. 💔 I really am sorry.

Nancy, you absolutely are a miracle as well as a brave woman ❤

I couldn't keep my eyes off her beautiful hair. What a touching testimony she has; a lot of her story resonated. I cried my eyes out if I could give her a big hug, I would. Hope she is doing well,

@2uconner

Жыл бұрын

❤I know ey ...

@user-bn7bk5mw4s

22 күн бұрын

I just started to type about her hair when I saw your comment. Mine is long but not that long. Beautiful

@tosheacollier2039

22 күн бұрын

@@user-bn7bk5mw4s what a blessing 😍💕

I won't go into my life and all the horrors that I survived since childhood, but I can tell you that I am almost sixty and suffer with CPTSD, night terrors of old memories, insomnia, crying spells, panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety, GAD, isolation, anger and depression. The things people do to us in this life change us and we are never the same. I commend this lady for opening up about her life and pain. She is a true survivor. It takes one to know one.

I am with you. Very kindred spirit. I love you. Keep strong. I have cptsd, was homeless many years, addict alcholic, divorced and also have BPD. Life can be brighter. We can survive. I had much help. Bless you

Big hearts ♥️ for Nancy. You are a miracle. Love from India

Thank you for shareing your story miraclemomma......your a strong woman!!! Your NONE of those other things!!! You are loved

I just want to give this lady a big hug

Stay strong Nancy!!

❤❤❤❤my new hero you are a great survivor Love from Canada Give yourself a warm hug You are beautiful ....claim it ...😊

Wowwwwwwwwwww You are a survivor.TY for sharing with an open heart

Incredible documentary. Thank you to all who was involved to make this possible. Much love from the UK 🇬🇧❤️

@marilyntape508

Жыл бұрын

Much love from Australia 💖💯🇦🇺

Nobody else lives in your head and heart but you. No book is going to fit neglect and abuse of any kind. PTSD very different then depression 😢

@foxywhitetip7387

4 күн бұрын

And many tomes leads to major depressive disorder

Wow Nancy what a heck of a journey! Thank you for sharing 💗 I too suffer with CPTSD and related to a lot of your pain 💗😢💗

@StanCat4

11 ай бұрын

Same

I Pray For God To Give Her Strength She Needs Everyday & For God To Give Her Purpose In Her Struggle. I Do See Her Compassion, To Love Even If It’s Her Animals. Hang In There Nancy God Is Good. ♥️

I found this documentary very relatable. Comments from Columbus Ohio.

@isadoravonpainne906

2 жыл бұрын

@BereanJenn that rocks

@isadoravonpainne906

2 жыл бұрын

@BereanJenn I have been contacted by many Ohio people who are horror fans.

What a heart wrenching, but truly inspiring story. Does anyone know how her husband died and how she is doing today?

I wish her the best

nancy thank you so much for sharing your experience and thank you for never giving up. this has inspired me to achieve my goal of helping people deal with their emotions and thoughts. amazing documentary to all those who participated in the making of this. if u dont mind i will be sharing ur journey filled with difficulty and sorrow but also the sheer will of never giving up in my college for study purpose as well as motivation and spreading awareness. again i want to thank you so much for sharing it with us really means a lot.

wow , Nancy you have God watching for you, I know you must ask 'were was he when I needed him' but I think He is there helping you , giving you strentgh to endure what you're going through. He can't stop what others put us through just like he cant stop war and all the evil men do to one another but he can help you cope and give you hope for healing. God Bless you , you are loved, stay safe. I'll pray all the miserable times are done for you and the light be in your life from now on.

Nancy you sound like me, only difference a recruiter picked me up downtown Denver I went, Army 1979, though I never took care of my court cases. Everything and no one understands. Horses I love yet for me is no where to turn. No help, so I live in the cab of my truck today. San Antonio truck stops. Dreaming of my own CDL , I feel like ending it. But I have my two precious babies, who would take care of them ? The nightmares are bad. I am a Widow divorcee, raped, victim victimizer, a child an adult a mother a grandmother a sister I am alone

My life was hard and I’m thankful for that - made me who I am today

I was unwanted by biological family and often wished I had been adopted. I have the same issues as this lady, I was made a ward of the state, my father was sniper in WW2 and alcoholic and physically abusive . He told at nine years old, that my mother hasn't been a wife to him since I was born. I was sent to God awful foster homes, one forster mother would make me drink beer with her, until I was sick . Later I was send to live for four years in a Catholic children's home, it was like military school. Later one bad relationship after another. I could write a book. Thank you for exposing this .

Blessings Nancy.

I feel just like you Nancy. I feel so alone.

@jackieconnolly328

5 ай бұрын

Me too.

@imaginepeace7588

Ай бұрын

Me too ❤️‍🩹☮️

this is very similar to my story i was diognosed with CPTSD

@imaginepeace7588

Ай бұрын

So sorry 😞❤️‍🩹. I also have CPTSD. I believe Nancy also has CPTSD. Her many severe traumatic experiences began at birth and persisted through her life. I wish she could get properly diagnosed and the right treatment from an expert in trauma therapy. ❤️‍🩹☮️

I have been through the same circumstances was abandoned as a child put into girls home 2 time's i was sexual physically verbally and mentally abused i am a victim of child sexual abuse i was 4 years it went on for many years i was in a mental health hospital 12 time i am on medication for the rest of my life my life is all messed up i don't see the world the way it should be i have complex post traumatic stress disorder borderline personality disorder biopolar my heart goes out to this lady i feel for her in my heart 💔😢

@Jenny-uv4dl

8 күн бұрын

I've not been hospitalized 12 times maybe I should have been I have similar abuse story really bad life story it started @age 4 and continued until I left at almost 16 then there DV in the marriage I got into at 17 tht continued til he moved out I have disassociated since childhood I'm sometimes aware of it but sometimes I'm not I have clothes I don't know where they came from I observe myself like I'm sitting on a shelf above my head I try not to do it but I can't help it without rx and therapy my dogs I would ended it long long ago I know I'm a survior and surviving leaves marks

This fortunate person who had it easy all the way loves you . Best of luck . You deserve a good life ♥️♥️

@AngelicaLady

Ай бұрын

What Kind of comment is that?! Latidah you've had it easy the whole way... Are You bragging or asking for it to get harder or rubbing it in her face that she's struggled but you haven't?? Comes off pretty selfish and cold just saying

@moniquedelaney7958

Ай бұрын

@@AngelicaLady I was talking about myself , stressing the difference between the lady in question and me

I am only 41 but I've been fighting through hell since birth. Also have cptsd. Still fighting trying to stay together but exhausted hurt angry and fed up. So pain full to hear my story from third person... To Hear someone say something hurtful like being worried about their reputation tears me apart. :(

Sometimes I’m down for the count all day long too… that’s horrible that she was attacked in the room like so many others… My heart really goes out to this woman . Life is disenchanted😮

Thank you brave lady ❤ keep on keeping on

i was fostered out at 7 years of age to 7 mothers i have lived with anxiety and panic attacks most of my life . I’m actually finally looking at going on some medication as i think my brian is hardwired to think something bad is going to happen . My mother was emotionally and physically abusive , Borderline and my last mother was very narcissistic and unloving

@Jenny-uv4dl

8 күн бұрын

I grew up in a horrible family try rx try a mood stabilizer and a antidepressant just try it when you grow up in trauma it baths your brain in certain chemicals and you gotta correct tht your deficit in certain things like serontin etc just try it's not weaknesses it's courage too patch yourself and get up tht TAKES REAL STRENGTH

❤much love from Victoria Australia ❤🇭🇲🇺🇲❤🦘

God bless you sweetie you have been through so much hope you're life gets better for you because you deserve it 💜💜💜💜💜💜🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

Forgive those who have abused you. Forgiveness is Freedom for the soul. It frees our minds of hatred and resentments.

@carlywright5127

21 күн бұрын

Forgiveness is a choice. Some things are unforgiveable when it comes to it. And I and others whom choose such have nothing to forgive ourself for to make that choice.

@foxywhitetip7387

4 күн бұрын

Many things are unforgivable dr Ramani PhD can explain

If only Nancy had been told that her trauma began many years before she was attacked in the Navy. I note this doco was released in 2017 but we've known about Complex-PTSD (Childhood-PTSD) long before 2017. Nancy's trauma began in her mother's womb, being adopted, being rejected & abandoned by her dysfunctional parents. Her entire neurobiological development was affected by very early trauma (which then caused her emotional dysregulation...which her adoptive parents had ZERO understanding about & ZERO empathy or compassion about). This poor little girl had not known unconditional love from the day she was born. As is so, so often the case with very early childhood trauma (Adverse Childhood Experiences...or ACEs) this sets us on a trajectory of pain, illness, suffering & hardship (& abusive relationships)...until we become conscious of the true origins of our trauma...in early childhood...so that the long journey of healing can begin. Nancy...you are a survivor. You are resilient, strong, & worthy of love & acceptance. It's 6-7yrs after this film was made. I hope you are still with us. I hope you are still healing (in my experience it never ends). I hope you know your are loved.

@carlywright5127

21 күн бұрын

Interesting. When confronted with such from my experience, i retreated,rested, went into avoidance mode, slept a lot. Other times into a form of fight mode, working a job, being independent, self loving, self nurturing to repair any harm.

@carlywright5127

21 күн бұрын

What makes me reflect is what kind of persons make that person into the "crazy" he is to rape her. This is a person whom destroys lives. He should not be in a Military. Rape isabout power abd control. This person to do such is a non strong person at all. Just a thug, lowlife.

R not we all survivors in a way or another I was abused verbally and in a way sexually was beaten abandoned in boarding schools for years called every nome in the world when home craizy life later looking for somebody to love me when I found a man that loved me I just marry and stayed for 45 years quite with all the verbal abused I survived scared maybe never heal but I have 2 good girls also verbally abused by their father an abusive narcissist but I I I myself I tried my best

I was in the Marines hit the fleet, and I was also betrayed by someone who was supposed to protect me.

Know you are not alone so many untold stories 😢what you need to know is that you give hope to so many folks whom are suffering in silence and for that you are a BIG ASS FUCKING STAR❤😊 many many BLESSING

I've been diagnosed with PTSD since 2001

This lady needs to forgive herself for everyone else's sins that fell on her

Hello beautiful world , i would love to share with the world that i went through sooo much in life but God was their all along that is why i love the poem footprint soo much because i didn't call on him later in life has i got older and hit rock bottom and started to learn about the love of God i started to really depend on him i told him if you are real i need you to show yourself and he did God needed to mold me little buy little But he for many ,many years he showede how much he loved me and how much he cared that was about 12 years now and has blessed me and has not let me down for anyone dealing with anything deep lost or hurt call on God he will Show himself just try to be willing to listen , and pay attention God bless all ❤️🌈🦋❤️

It hit me hard 5mins in when she said " i was safer on a park bench then in a foster home" i say the exact same thing about my bio family i was safer at almost 16 in NYC alone knowing nobody then in my uber religious cult abusive bio family there was CA SA poor( i stole food) nutrition no school ( got taken out in 4th grade to be homeschooled what a joke)no medical care( my parents had medical insurance btw my dad was a volunteer EMT) so there was medical knowledge tht something was wrong but nothing was done about it CPTSD isnt in the DSM yet im sure it will be soon i have disassociated since childhood i still do i just stopped screaming and punching ppl in my sleep unfortunately thr wasnt a yr in my childhood tht something didnt happen my mom even said to me " your the reason i cant have friends" the husband of 1 of her friends had SA me but my mom might lose a friend AGAIN yep thts my bio mom thats why i dont know whr she is or her name i just cant i went througb DV CANCER stage 3 fiance dying alone so why would i suddenly need someone who couldnt be there for me through those things yes PTSD is very very real

🙏🏼

I've never seen anything good come from a view of victimhood. Everyone is struggling. Honestly leaving the victim mentality will absolutely change your life. I can't watch this unfortunately. There's still heaps of anger.

Look at your beautiful river of hair and your dog will always be your best friend

Sometimes though we need to take accountability for our choices in things such as how we react. Even it’s not “our fault”. Perhaps she wasn’t always realistic. It doesn’t make it okay but l can assure you she’s glossing completely over much of what were ideas all her own. We cannot ignore how our independent decisions impact our safety. She desperately needed guidance but her oppositional reflex interfered with her ability to be trusted by others.

@KatWoodland

6 ай бұрын

@tiasara5967 Where’s your empathy? Compassion? Sometimes people like you leave “holier than thou” comments that are hurtful. No. Not offended. I see what you are.

😢😢😢😢😢

Your Dad was a cheater and your mum knew it, instead of turning into her children like most mothers do, she was preoccupied by her own insecurities.. 🙏🏽✝️💗

She must have been a terrible disappointment to the family...

@trinleywangmo

6 ай бұрын

Perfection is so difficult to maintain... such families, they eat themselves!

@AngelicaLady

Ай бұрын

I know I was. They hated me since the day I was born maybe before even

many american women wear their hair way too long, when aging..looks awful

Iboga is a Trauma Medizin ❤❤

Words would fail to describe how much I feel for you and many that goes unheard... People say there's heaven and hell after we die.. As 1 of the people who also been diagnosed with complex PTSD I personally think you don't have to die to be in hell... I die every day & I am in hell every day when all I ever wanted was to be loved.. I don't know how but I am 50 now with no family no friends.... Did I want this..? Did I picture my life to be like this...? They say that life is full of choices/ i don't agree when you are in pain your only aim in life is to do anything and everything to ease the pain/burden within you

@constancemccoy6931

Ай бұрын

Seek spiritual help be it: AA, NA, Church, therapy. Seek God first. Live it.

Who I'm I , the universe spirit blue and red clothes, can anyone ever help us 🤔

The lady has beautiful hair.

Drama!

really irritates me this poor me woman.....so many have had terrible chilldhood but dont go to tell the whole world about it

@trinleywangmo

6 ай бұрын

But are nasty, judgmental, revealing all their self-loathing. YUP! That's how to get over it! Maybe keep THAT to yourself? HUH?

@carlywright5127

21 күн бұрын

Everyone has a story to tell. Life is an interesting journey, why ve silent. Many of us are kept informed of the pitfalls. It is the silence whereby change will not be possible.

Your a merical ❤

I hope Naney finds Jesus. Hes the only was to peace.

@leanne_the_metal_girl

Жыл бұрын

jesus has nothing to do with finding peace.

@laurimitchell4814

Жыл бұрын

@@leanne_the_metal_girl sorry u feel that way.

@GreatMindsSeekTruth

Жыл бұрын

Can’t find someone who is invisible. Where is he? Long vacation? Playing make believe doesn’t help those of us who grew up in religious cults & are now analytical thinkers.

@claudiaschneider5744

9 ай бұрын

@@GreatMindsSeekTruth : yes indeed, religion does not help at all - makes things most worster than even better to most of the people.

@trinleywangmo

6 ай бұрын

@@leanne_the_metal_girl Amen to that! LOL!

In the 40ts, men were much tuffer in us, today... Crying when ten people die... What if there will be a war against china? They will sacrifice miljons, but us cries when ten soldiers die.. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ PTSD.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@libertybellz6831

Жыл бұрын

Maybe THATS THE PROBLEM! We cannot make sense out of our reality if we dont embrace the ideal that WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS AND UNIQUE! Americans, for the most part enjoy what other countries count as luxuries. That a side affect of "Liberty and Justice for all"! That isnt obivious? Hmmm, who said this famous quote: The man who retreats 100 yards turns and scoffs the man who retreated ten. Both countries are full of beautiful strong capable people with all kinds of skills as well as faults. Please, balance your mind. For your own good and mine. Peace.

Nancy, dear sweet Nancy, please realize Jesus loves you so much. Don't let the way your adoptive mother (the Episcopalian minister), show you what a life in Christ is like. Other people will never be anything like Jesus Christ's perfection. Look to Him!...just Him.📖 God bless you!! ✝🙏

@Jenny-uv4dl

8 күн бұрын

Shut up don't you get JESUS CO SIGNED ON HER ABUSE women

Is there any way to find out how Nancy is doing now? ❤️‍🩹☮️