He came into my life He laughs knowing he’s all controlling Fear fell upon my face And mom mom is without knowing His hugs are deceiving His smile is evil Even his laugh is misleading He came in at night To steal my heart of any light His grip always tight His words...
I was an artistic, emotional, curious, energetic 7 year old child. This is the age my abuse began. I did not know at the time what was happening to me. This man was a friend of my parents and also my baseball coach. I was sent to spend the night with this man for what...
I tried to kill myself. Multiple times. 6 years ago I tried to kill myself. More than once. For some reason I survived. I didn't understand why it didn't work and why I was still alive and had to suffer on this earth with everything I was going through. 6 years ago...
My name is Beverly. I am a 48 year old married woman of 2. I was molested from the age of 5 to 10 by my older 1st cousin. It started out with him grinding on me, but later went to fondling. I never told anyone out of fear of being blamed. I grew up in an abusive home....
I've been told my story is dark. I've been told, "I need time to adjust to you." I've seen what life looks like when you have zero self-worth and would give anything to have the pain stop. I was 27 years old when I came out about being sexually abused by my father...
It was on a weekend when my cousin had to stay the night with me and my sisters. He was 16 and I was about 9. He slept in the living room with my brothers, then one night he came into my room and woke me up and asked if I wanted to play truth or dare. I told him yes,...
Let me start off by saying, I understand pain. It sucks. I know. But we have to keep on. I struggled with PTSD until I learned the key to overcoming it. FORGIVENESS. If you had truly forgiven them then you wouldn’t struggle with it. A small part of you still...
Here I am at a considerable age and have decided to reveal a darker side of Mobile, Alabama. A place I spent my childhood. A side I have kept to myself for many years…until now. This is for my benefit to ease a lifelong burden of frustration and guilt. Growing up in...
I am a 53 year old white male that grew up in the 70's. The first time I was abused was at the age of 5 and it was at the hands of my older brother. I was always considered the dumb one of a family of 7 children. All my life I was told I was a stupid child that would...
I was sexually abused by my biological father between the ages of 10 and 14. I am currently 38. My father was also physically abusing my mother. In that time sexual abuse was not out in the world as it is today. Things were kept secret and help was not really well...
I was first abused by the person that gave me life. Telling me she loved me, next minute she hit me and kept on doing it over the years. I was then sexually abused/tortured/once murdered and brought back to life by a sibling for decades and eventually got him...
Saying it. It was as if someone had placed a 9 Volt battery against my tongue and left it there. The acidic stinging was not unbearable, yet it was uncomfortable nonetheless. Driving home from church that day, I found it hard to verbalize any thoughts. My wife asked...