Comments for Child Abuse Story of Healing and Recovery From L.L.S.

Click here to add your own comments

Nov 20, 2007
 Healing and recovery: an ongoing process
by: Darlene Barriere - webmaster

Your story eloquently shows that healing and recovery is a process, a process that juxtaposes between peaks and valleys. Very few can claim they are "healed" or "recovered" from child abuse; healing and recovery is ongoing.

I am delighted to learn that you are in therapy. I too hope that your therapist is a good fit. If s/he isn't a good fit, there are other therapists.

You said your daughter is affected by the controlling and belittling nature of your husband. A child who witnesses spousal abuse IS being abuse. You're right to be "gone." Your daughter deserves that. YOU deserve that.

Darlene Barriere
Violence & Abuse Prevention Educator
Author: On My Own Terms, A Memoir
Nov 30, 2007
 WOW!!
by: Sara

I did the same thing you did with my story. I began to read faster and faster as I got more into it.
My mom had a nervous breakdown when I was probably 5 or 6 and I remember the paramedics holding her hands and feet down to the bed to try to get medicine to her. This is similar to when your dad tried to have her committed in the 50s.
My twin sister abused me as your brother did. She abused me emotionally, saying I was ugly and that I would never become anything. She also spread rumors about me in high school about me having cyber sex. My self esteem dropped to an all time low. She was officially my high school bully.
A LOT of people asked me why Im normal also. They even go as far as telling me that if that happened to them they wouldve committed suicide. I tell them "Dont think those thoughts didnt cross my mind."
My escape is also through art. Since I became a hermit from depression, I found that I really enjoy web and graphic design.
Thank you for your stories. I enjoyed them and I will bookmark them, so the days when I am feeling down about how my life has turned out I can read your stories again and know that someone else understands. Im sorry that your marriage isnt working out, but Im glad to hear that you are doing whatever is best for your child.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Write Your Scars To Stars® Story of Healing.

Return to Child Abuse Story of Healing and Recovery From L.L.S.

Disclaimer: To the best of my knowledge the child abuse
stories on this site are true. While I cannot guarantee
this, I do try to balance the need for the submitter to be
heard and validated with the needs of my visitors.



E-book: Victim To Victory

From Victim to Victory
a memoir

How I got over the devastating effects of child abuse and moved on with my life

Read more...

Most Recent

RSS

  1. Converging Stolen Lives

    Jan 30, 18 01:13 PM

    There was a time and space I didn’t think about you, or your abuse. Where when I looked back at my life, I only saw normal things, a normal childhood.

    Read More

  2. A letter to one of the 13 Turpin children

    Jan 29, 18 11:33 AM

    A heartfelt letter by a former classmate that speaks to bullying and regrets. You'll find it on my Facebook group. I hope you'll join and get in on the discussion.

    Read More

  3. Dissociated From Abuse

    Jan 29, 18 11:00 AM

    I was sexually abused by my father from age 6 to 13, which stopped when I started talking about it during the day. The teenage brother of my best friend

    Read More

E-book: Victim To Victory

From Victim to Victory
a memoir

How I got over the devastating effects of child abuse and moved on with my life

Read more...