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Child Abuse Story From Cassondra

by Cassondra
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)




When i was seven years old i didnt like my self at all, i hated being pretty because i felt like being pretty is what made people want to touch me. It all started in July when i was over at a family members house and there half brother tried to rape me over & over again everytime i went over there. i stayed away from him , i was scared of him because he was older. i was embressed to tell my mom or any one else so i kept it a secret. Which was one of the biggest mistakes i ever made , Because one day when everyone was sleeping he touched me and tried to rape me but i guess he couldnt. My Storie isnt as painful and as heartbreaking as everyone elses but im still not over it , im 15 now. And Yes i ended up telling my mom when i was 10 we had ended up going to court about it and nothing happend to him. He walks the same streets as me , he could try to rape me anytime he can get. I run into him all the time and i always go another way and end up breaking down and crying. i really dont understand why bad things happen to people. I Just really wish my family was there for me besides my mom & dad. its like they didnt want to belive it they just pushed it aside i just dont get it. WHY DONT ANYONE BELIVE ME?




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Child Abuse Story From Cassondra

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Sep 24, 2011
Cassondra:
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

Being pretty doesn't cause sexual assault. You're looking at things in a way that just isn't so. Assault is on the shoulders of the person who assaulted because that person chose to assault. Always remember that. The trouble with giving an explanation for any kind of wrongdoing is that there is NO acceptable explanation. The facts simply defy what we know to be the truth. The fact that other family members don't believe you has really nothing to do with you. This is about THEM and their own personal agendas. You see, people would rather believe an abuser or an offender than admit that they themselves might have had something to do with the abuse that took place. You cannot change what others think or do, Cassondra. You can only control how you respond. If you keep asking the question, the question that has no good answer, you'll continue to be haunted by the circumstances that surround that question. But if you choose instead to focus on YOU and living your life to your own personal potential, then the abusers in your life no longer control you. It's very difficult to have to continually face your abuser, and to fear for your safety. Talk to your parents about this. Tell them honestly what you're feeling and fearing. Perhaps there are options open to all of you that no one realizes because no one is talking. Seek out some form of counselling in order to help you better deal with the effects of the abuse. Yes, the legal system failed you, but don't allow society's failure to rule your life. Take back your power, Cassondra. You own it, not your abuser. Hold your head up high for the fact that you not only survived it, you had the courage to tell. You likely saved others from the same fate by doing so, even though he wasn't sent to prison for what he did. Be very proud of yourself. Thank you for sharing your story with my visitors and me.

From Victim to Victory, a memoir
Darlene Barriere
Webmaster: www.child-abuse-effects.com
author. speaker. survivor. coach
From Victim to Victory, a memoir


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