Child Abuse Story From Catherine

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Child Abuse Story From Catherine

by Catherine
(Colorado, USA)

Hell in a Home:
I am 14 years old and I am abused. I'm trying to prove it to myself, so I looked up child abuse and this website came up. I decided to share what is happening to me. When I was 5 years old, my mom had an affair and left my dad. They got a divorce, and my dad was really angry. He started beating me like his dad used to beat him, and I had no idea what was going on. He would slap me, drag me across the room by my hair, shake me, and stuff like that. At the same time, my new stepdad would beat me with a belt and give me bruises. My mom would then start emotionally abusing me, telling me she wished I was never born, giving me excessive chores while she sat and smoked in her room, and yelling at me all the time telling me I was stupid and stuff like that. My mom and stepdad had twins when I was 8 and i raised the two girls all by myself. A year ago, my stepbrother who is 12 raped my half sister who is 6, and now he lives with his mom and his older sister who was sent to her mother's when my mother beat her with a belt and left a mark on her face when she was 10 years old. She is now currently 17. Have I mentioned that my mom and my dad are bipolar? No? Well i have now, except my dad refuses to admit it and doesn't take medication for it. Not that medication helps, because as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't My mom has also tried to commit suicide three times in her life. None of my parents, or whatever you would call them since I pretty much raised myself after 5, know or will let anyone convince them that they are doing anything wrong. I have 7 brothers and sisters, and they have all been abused at some point in their life. I am currently still living there and am only posting this because I would like my voice heard, even if all hope is lost. Believe me, it is, because when I was in second grade, I told my story to the principal and even talked to a Child Services worker, but it never got farther than that. I don't even know what happened. But I do know that I am stuck here for the next 4 years. At first, when I would tell my friends what goes on at my house, they would try and give me solutions, but soon realized there was nothing to be done and just tried to be supportive. I am not asking for your pity, or your advice, but I just ask that you listen to a 14 year old girl who has nowhere to go other than where she is now, in her own personal little Hell.

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Nov 14, 2011

Catherine:
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

Hope is never truly lost. We think we lose hope, but it's still there to be found again. Always. And sometimes it comes in ways we least expect. Though you're in a home life that is abusive, there are people you can turn to for help. I don't know what happened when you first disclosed to CPS. There's no way to know if they did an investigation (which they were obligated to do) and determined that nothing could be proven or something else. Often, people say that nothing was done, but what they're really saying is that what they expected to happen wasn't done, namely to be removed from the home. Very few children are removed from the home. But no matter what they did or didn't do, it hasn't helped you; and now you're facing more abuse without the benefit of the help you need. Please contact Child Help at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) in order to talk to someone about the abuse you are still dealing with. They are staffed 24/7 with professionally trained counsellors who will listen to you. They are not a reporting agency, although they can help you through the process of reporting if you decide to disclose the abuse. Visit their website by copying & pasting the following URL into your browser: http://www.childhelp.org/get_help

You don't deserve to be mistreated, Catherine. You most definitely deserve help for the fact that you are. Call the hotline. Thank you for sharing your story with my visitors and me.

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

Nov 15, 2011

Such uncontrolled sadism
by: Anonymous

Catherine, you were given a raw, crappy deal. Your parents are so twisted and messed up in their own ways of thinking that they don't even know how to take care of themselves, not to mention be parents to you. They don't know how to love even themselves; all they ever know is hate so they should've known better and loved and cherished you. Oh, and your so-called mom is wrong. you are not stupid; you are smart and articulate, so never believe any of those lies that she, or any other abuser of yours, is spewing. Mature, stable adults don't do such childish tactics, such as screaming in your face 24/7, calling you names, beating and berating you, using you as a slave, let alone while sitting on the couch and smoking/drinking heavily, even telling their precious kids that they wished that they [the children] had never been born, etc. You did nothing wrong. Your life shouldn't have been used as a pawn for their immature, sick, sadistic misery. You are not to blame for their sadistic behavior; they are to blame because they chose to abuse you. Plus, something's seriously wrong with them. You were the child; they were the adults; they have all the power and only continue to misuse that power over you, so please tell someone you really trust (yes, that includes pretty much any sympathetic relative you have) and keep telling until he/she will finally listen to you and help you. Oh, and please look into reporting those sadistic beasts as well.

Nov 15, 2011

To Catherine
by: G.F.

Catherine, you sound like such a strong, incredible person who has had to endure what no child should ever have to go through. I hope you will follow Darlene's advice and call someone who you can talk to about this. Your parents' disease has rendered them mentally unable to care for children. So please don't ever think this is any way your fault because it isn't. Keep strong, Catherine, and know that there's help out there for kids in your situation. Please reach out to anyone you can so this abuse finally comes to an end. You deserve so much more.

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