Traumatized During Early Development

Traumatized During Early Development I remember at an early age my parents fought and my father was always hollering, yelling, swearing, and complaining. My mother decided she had enough and rebelled. She took me and went with a married man for a weekend in a hotel....

Don’t Give Up

Don’t Give Up I’m currently in grad school for human services and had to choose a topic of a social problem – I chose child abuse and actually came across this website from doing research. I wanted to share my story, but it might be too long to write. Long...

Don’t stay silent

Don’t stay silent I’m a 42 yr old woman who was physically, emotionally and mentally abused by my father my entire childhood and into my teenage years. My mother was emotionally and mentally abusive my entire life until the present. I remember always feeling as...

Repressed Memory

Repressed Memory Sexually molested at age 4 with a sister 5 in the same room together by my brother.  I did not remember it.  Repressed memory hid it until I was 45 the question came and the memory returned. What came next was a nightmare.   Seems I told the truth and...

Today I stand a survivor

Today I stand a survivor From a young age, I was physically abused. I was beaten by a belt by my mother’s boyfriend while I was in preschool. After that incident, my sisters and I were moved to multiple different foster homes. Each foster home I was in I was met with...