Child Abuse Story From Abi
by Abi
(United Kingdom)
My life of abuse:
I don't remember my mother hugging me, kissing me, or even drying a tear from my eyes when I was younger. I don't even think she did that when I was a baby. All I remember is her kicking me, pulling my hair, punching me. I never understood why my mum beat me. She used to tell me I was ugly. She'd lock me in a tiny room if she had a party. She told me if I made a sound she'd kill me.
When I was 7 years old my mother abandoned me. I never knew why she did, and I didn't know if it was a good or a bad thing that she did leave me like that. Social Services came and took me away. They put me in a home. But my life there never got better. In the home I was in, I was sexually abused by the man running the home.
When I reached 10 years old, I moved into another home. I hoped the abuse would stop there. But it didn't. I faced more physical abuse at the hands of my foster parents.
At 13 years I'd had enough of the pain I was going through, so I ran away. I slept on the streets. One day, I met a man who was so nice to me. He was older than me, and he offered me a place to stay. He said he would look after me. I believed him. After settling in his house for a month or so, the man introduced me to drugs, and forced me to take them. When I was all doped up he told me he owned me and forced himself on me. I was too weak to push him off, so he raped me.
The next morning when I woke up, I found myself lying in his bed next to him. He was awake, stroking my leg, asking if I enjoyed myself. He promised me there would be more of it to come. After that day, he kept me locked in the house. I couldn't escape. I was his slave.
I did finally escape after a few months. I went into a hostel, where a woman gave me an address of a place for abused women. I went there. I got counselling, and when I was finally ready, I moved into a place of my own.
It's taken me a long time to realise what happened to me wasn't my fault. So I thought I would share my story to other girls who have been in the same situation.
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