Have you experienced unconditional love?

I wonder often what that could ever be like or feel like. Having a sadistic, violent and mentally ill mother, I have not known any person to accept and love me, fully. I do have severe PTSD from the awful years withstanding her torture, and it's only natural one would feel inhuman and broken. I do not know how ill ever find a man to accept someone with so much trauma. Have you experienced unconditional love? Do you fear you'll never find it?

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Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F

Sometimes, if you've been severely abused you have a hard time accepting unconditional love it doesn't seem right.
My grandma seem to love me no matter what so I had that.
I do believe my mother loved me but she was mentally ill and had some tantrums, but they weren't like what you described.

Baybreeze · 41-45, F

@Justmeraeagain Exactly, real love or unconditional love seems too *Good. * So it would feel it shouldn't be for me. 😟 I'm going into therapy again soon but this is so difficult to overcome.

Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F

[@Coralmist
] I imagine it would be.
I was abused in a different way by a family member.
Not sure we completely recover, but what I've done is acknowledge that it happened and moved on.
I just didn't want it in my head anymore