Child Abuse Story From Lauren2
by Lauren
(North Carolina, USA)
"So wrong, never right"
Many things I learned from a very young age, the one thing most was that I could never be right nor wrong. At age 5 I recall being tied in horrid uncomfortable positions to keep me from moving. My arms would be bent, so my hands was to my face, my arm would be tied in that position with ropes for hours and hours. I was not allowed to sleep in a room or on a bed. I had to sleep on a hardwood floor with nothing but newspaper and cockroaches roaming around me. Then as I got older I would always be screamed at as soon as I got home from school. My mom would drink a lot and have many men over who all would get drunk. A few times this one older man would always come over and my mom would leave me alone with him. He would say he wanted to give me back massages (I had scoliosis and bad pains) but he would take any kind of muscle rub we had and rub it (down there) and I would always be burning in pain. I told my mom and she said that I didnt know what burning was and she has lit up the gas stove. She would place knives in the flame until the knife turned red and she would hold it on my arms. I still have scars from that. Later on I would not be allowed to eat anything but potatoes and peanut butter (I would have to eat them together) I was forced to hand feed my mother all kinds of good smelling foods. She would make me drink olive oil (to fatten me up without be allowed to eat) it was pure hell! THe abuse didnt end until I found the strength to move out at age 19! I had my own job (and stopped giving my mom all the money I made) she was taking every penny I had made until I stood my ground. My abuse was all of the above. What hurts the most for me is the emotional abuse. Being yelled at, never good enough for her, being timed to do chores, being laughed at and made fun of, not being believed about sexual abuse, never any comfort at all..not a single hug or I love you.
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