Some of us women never hear it from the men in our lives that we are beautiful. My father never said it to me. No boy (young man) that I knew ever said it to me. My first husband, whom I was married to for ten years, never said it to me. I've always been overweight and felt invisible, unnoticed by men.
I wasn't told I was beautiful by any man until I was almost 40. Master has been saying it all these years and I still have trouble believing Him. Will I ever truly believe Him? As He says, maybe on my death bed. As you said, the emotional abuse takes a lot longer to heal than the physical. I'm still pretty fucked up from what I suffered at the hands of my ex. But Master loves me anyway.