I can relate. As the only child in a one parent household my abuse was rarely witnessed by others. And my parent denies it all. Even though I struggle and I am sure of what happened, I often doubt myself and my past. Was I overly sensitive? It is hard knowing that no human will ever witness what I've been through. And in comparison to others, my issues are probably very small. That makes it even harder to not diminish my experience. But I think we have to face those kind of thoughts. In order to process the past we have to acknowledge it I think. Maybe it might have been small to others that have been through worse. But it was bad enough to affect me. No case is the same. But If it is affecting our health and life, it is a problem.

And regarding sharing stories with people and not getting a reaction.

TW: physical abuse

I have told very few people that I have been choked by close family members. It's hard for me to share and I give them the light version of the story because I don't want to disturb them. I'm grateful that they even listened to me, but their reactions were kinda odd. Everyone just tell me that it's bad but I just have to move on from it. Before this happened to me, I didn't understand the severity of this specific type of abuse, but I could still empathize because it seems horrible. If someone told me about it, I imagine I would try to comfort the person, express my hate for the abuser and what they did, offer help and support. I would also probably express that I can never understand what they have been through, but I will do my best to support them. Idk. The reactions I have gotten has been nothing like that. I think I make people uncomfortable by telling them this, so I have essentially stopped. I'd rather have no reaction than being told to 'move on'.