Home
Sitemap
My Blog
Child Abuse Stories
My Story
Child Abuse News
Write a Commentary
The Lighter Side
Awakening
OpenSpace
Statistics
C/A History
Emotional Abuse
      Types of E.A.
      Signs of E.A.
       Effects of E.A.
         - Bullying
      Stats for E.A.
Physical Abuse
     Signs of P.A.
      Abuse/Dis'pln
      Effects of P.A.
     Stats for P.A.
Child Neglect
     Signs of C.N.
      Effects of C.N.
     Stats for C.N.
      Poverty & C.N.
Sexual Abuse
      Definition S.A.
     Signs of S.A.
      Effects of S.A.
     Stats of S.A.
Sexual Abuse Victims
   Male Victims
     Female Victims
     V w/ Disability
  Disclosures
Sex Offenders
  Male S.O.
    Female S.O.
  Child S.O.
   Youth S.O.
   Incest S.O.
     Internet S.O.
Child Abuse Law
      Age-Majority
     Duty-Report
Intervention
Prevention
Stories of Healing
Exch w/ an Abuser
Visitor Comments
Letters from Readers
Link to this Site
Resources
FREE E-zine
Ask Darlene
Dating Violence
Privacy Policy
Site Search
[?] Subscribe To This Site

XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines

Child Abuse Story From Hannah R

by Hannah R
(Location Undisclosed)




every day since i was 2 or 3 my mother would scream at me, drag me across the floor and make me sit in a chair for hours. when i got up off the chair my butt was sore from how long i sat there. sometimes it was almost cut.

when i was in that chair she would scream at me calling me names, telling me i was a bad girl and that i needed to apologize. she never told me what i had done normally it was just because i had spilled some orange juice.

as i got older maybe 4 to 7 she would chase me around the room pull down my pants and underwear and hit me until my butt and sometimes back was red. i hated when she pulled off my clothing, she degraded me and it still bothers me.

all of this would happen almost every night before my father came home. she would chase me around the house with a riding crop or belt and try to hit me with it.

the time outs began to stop and i was 8. she would lock me in my room with no supper because i was bad. she always called me a bad girl. she would also punch me in the head.

she slapped me. she once cut my face with her nail and told me not to tell anyone. she always slaps me. from 6 to 12 she would grab my arms and squeeze me tightly and cut into me with her nails, then she would throw me on the ground and sometimes hit or kick me or pull me back up just to shake me and throw me down again.

my father would try to stand up to her but she would only hit him also. she would wash my mouth out with soap. now she gets angry over everything and i never do anything. she takes everything away permanently if i don't act like a perfect girl. she calls me a bitch and tells me i abuse her and i am nasty.



from as early as i remember she called me a liar, accused me of stealing and publicly embarrasses me.

once she told everyone in a store that i had a crush on my father. i was crying and she told me to stop and laughed at me.

im 14 now and she still slaps me and calls me worthless and forces me to hug and kiss her when i don't want to. she constantly makes me feel bad and has guilted me since i was 5. she used to say it was my fault she and my dad didn't get along.

she used to come in at night and ask me if i washed my face i would say i had and she would tell me never to lie, drag me out of bed and put a boiling wash clothe to my face and tear my skin. i used to cry because it hurt so much.

there is so much more that she has done. iv'e learned to accept her sudden out bursts of rage and i forgive her but i am wondering if this is considered abuse. thank you.




Darlene Barriere: author. speaker. survivor. coachNote from Darlene: If I have not left a comment on your story, please understand that it is not personal; it's just that my hectic schedule no longer permits me to do so.

I hope you'll follow me on:


Email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses AND website/blog URLs in submissions and visitor comments are STRICTLY prohibited. Please don't include them, as they will be removed.

Comments for
Child Abuse Story From Hannah R

Click here to add your own comments

Aug 31, 2010
Hannah:
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

Of course it's child abuse: emotional child abuse and physical child abuse. And your father is enabling it by not stopping it, by not keeping you safe from harm. Your mother has serious emotional problems that she is taking out on you, probably from her own past. This is not about you; it's about her. Please contact one of the hotlines listed on my stories page, depending on where you live, in order to talk to someone confidentially. 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

Aug 31, 2010
same story
by: touched2mysoul

I read your story and I can relate to so much. My mother did similar things to me that you experienced with your mother. My father also didnt protect me. My mother told people that I was sleeping with my father! She was jealouse of me and now i realize that... however, her issues are no excuse for what she put me thru. I read your story and can relate more than you know.

Sep 01, 2010
The sooner, the better...Darlene is right!
by: Anonymous

Hannah, what your mother is still doing to you is really pathetic and ungrateful because she is truly twisted, confused, sick, warped, cruel and sadistic in her own ways of thinking...not to mention a control freak and she needs help. She didn't deserve to have such a beautiful daughter like you...but, most of all, you certainly didn't deserve to have such a mother. Making jokes about embarrassing you in front of the whole store with strangers in it really shows me how uneducated and ignorant she really is. Oh, and she is wrong. You are not nasty; you are beautiful. You are not a liar; you don't abuse her; in fact, she is the one that is really abusing you. You are not a bad girl; in fact, you are a sweet, kind, loving girl. You are not worthless; you are worthy of love, dignity and respect. Oh, and the fact that she and your dad don't get along is not your fault (and never will be); in fact, you were the child, she was the adult. She had all the power and even to this day, she still misuses it. And all those cruel things that she said to you really comes from the devil's mouth and, like I said, she needs help...but you need help too, so the sooner you tell someone, the better. Darlene is right. Please tell someone you really trust.

Jan 16, 2011
Maltreated by an aunt.
by: J.T

That is a shocking story of abuse. I was treated in a similar manor by an aunt (who was not even related to me by blood).I remember her pulling my hair, grabbing me by my arms or shoulders and digging her thumbs into the joint where it is very sensitive to intentionally cause pain, shaking me and on three different occasions locking me in my bedroom for 6 to 8 hours,as "punishment" and would blame me for what other kids did. The most sickening thing about this is my parents allowed her to treat me in this manor sometimes right in front of them!! It is bad enough when a parent does this crap, but to allow another adult to abuse there child is pretty disgusting.

Click here to add your own comments