Child Abuse Story From Amanda3 Part 2
by Amanda
(Australia)
I submitted a story a while ago (see Child Abuse Story From Amanda3). I am 13 now. When I was younger, I was abused by my father who was an alcoholic. He would beat up my mother and me, and mostly my brother. They were some terrifying times. I thought someone was going to die. This started when I was about 8 and finished when I was about 12. I can't recall what happened for those 5 years, but I remember a scared little girl rocking backwards and forwards with my hands clamped over my ears and tears flowing down my face, trying to leave my body and enter a different world. While this abuse continued, I went to the back of my head, and when I was 10, I started to suffer from depression. I became anorexic and spent some months in hospital.
In my last post, (November 28, 2007) I explained that I thought I was possessed by the devil, etc. Now I have been told I have Psychotic Depression. I had had some panic attacks and was put in hospital for 7 weeks. I got out of hospital 1 week ago, and am currently on Fluoxetine (for depression) and Olanzapine (for schizophrenia).
I still feel very sad, but am now recovering.
Darlene's comments to this "Child Abuse Story From Amanda3 Part 2" can be found below. If you do not see the comments I've written, please be patient, as there is a system glitch regarding comments going live on my site. I assure you Amanda, I have replied to Part 2 of your story: I posted June 2, 2008, comments titled "Recovery..." Keep checking back to this page. I thank you Amanda and my other visitors for your understanding while I work at getting this glitch rectified.
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