It’s been really hard for me to admit it/own up to it, but I have adult separation anxiety disorder from childhood “trauma” (28 f). My parents used to lock me in my room when I had anxiety attacks as a small child. A couple times, they locked me in the basement. It’s bled into my adult life, and my relationship with my husband. My therapist thinks it is post traumatic stress with flashbacks, and she thinks it was incompetent/borderline abusive of my parents to do such a thing. I didn’t know locking a child in a room was such a terrible practice until I was an adult. 

I feel worthless and weak and victimized because I’m traumatized by this. It’s not like I was in a war or something. I’m not a survivor, because my life has never been in serious danger. I’m confused and I’m really scared I’m gonna lose my ability to function as an adult.