You did suffer 9 years of abuse. Always keep that in context with how your feeling. You could be suffering from Acute Stress Disorder or even Post traumatic stress disorder. Have you talked about this with your IC.
It is well documented that people who have suffered abuse such as yours will experience ASD or PTSD.
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