That was a very brave thing to do Mr Fix It, and proves that there are allways exceptions to the rule when it comes to stereotyping the abused and what forms abuses take.
We are here for you just as much as for anyone else.
It is not what happened to "us" that defines "us", it is how we meet each dawn despite it that matters most.
and in response to your response above this post very full of courage i would like to say i think what my owner is speaking of as "light" being while we are working on something that is tramatically difficult for me, one of my responses to a "trigger" like my episode with agoraphobia,
in areas where "things have been worked out we have and also do enjoy "rough" play as it were, sometimes even what others consider "hard ball" there is even some broken pvc pipe in the back yard to prove it
winks but hey we are goreans after all lol