Child Abuse Story From CathyAnn

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Child Abuse Story From CathyAnn

by Cathy
(Washington, USA)

My life was never normal but whose life is? As a child my father abused me. Not only me but all of my sisters. there are 4 of us and we all got hit and two of them got molested. I remeber being lined up with my sisters and my father would blame us for something and beat us. Once he took a large piece of wood that had nails in it and smacked us all with it. I was 6 years old.

Then as i got to age 7 the worst kept happening.

My mothers gold necklace went missing and he again lined us up and my older sisters had an excuse that they were at school so it was left to me and my other sister. He knocked us to the ground yelled a whole bunch of stuff took a scooter folded it up and choked us with it. then took hedge clippers and tried to cut our toes off. we sceamed and I didnt even steal the necklace. My oldest sister did and because she got caught he threw her against the wall and she went unconcious.

When I turned 8 my sister finally spoke up about him molesting her and he went prison but he never got punished for the abuse done to the rest of us. He only served 7 years in prison.

I am now 16 and I suffer from anxiety and depression from all the things I've gone through at a young age. I spent 8 years of my life stuck in a house of hell and managed to get out and share my story about how daddy doesnt know best.

As a woman I want to help. No one no child should have to go through anything like that. children should have a happy life.

Darlene Barriere: author. speaker. survivor. coach

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Mar 05, 2010

CathyAnn:
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

Thank you for sharing your story with my visitors and me. Although your father was never prosecuted for what he did to you and the rest of his children, at least he was put away for a time where he could no longer abuse. If and when you need to talk about what happened to you, consider contacting Child Help at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453). 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 you lived through. You can visit their website by copying & pasting the following URL into your browser: http://www.childhelp.org/get_help

As for your goals to help children, that is turning pain into power, CathyAnn. Your passion combined with your personal experience growing up, I have no doubt that you will most definitely make a difference to children. I commend and applaud you for wanting to do that.

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

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